transforming sherlock
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My minimalistic slides for Transforming Audiences, 2011.TRANSCRIPT
Adler, Hound, ReichenbachAdler, Hound, Reichenbach
BBC’s BBC’s Sherlock Sherlock Fans in SearchFans in Searchof the Canonof the Canon
By Nicolle Lamerichs, Maastricht University
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Argument: Canon’s a matter of literary consensus!
1) Mediation of text with longstanding reception history1) Mediation of text with longstanding reception history
2) Interpretive communities vs. individualized responses2) Interpretive communities vs. individualized responses
Theoretical points
What is ‘canon’?
Official Official informationinformation
Earlier (fan) Earlier (fan) textstexts
Point of Point of
referencereference
Multiplicity Multiplicity
Original Sherlock
Holmes
Fanfiction Fan art
Other BBC productions
Costumes (cosplay)
Pastiches/
derivative fiction
Adaptations
(e.g. Plays, TV)
Detective fiction/crime
series
Sherlockmodernisati
on
Interpretation
Sherlock Sherlock as a node of texts as a node of texts
Literary competence is not limited to knowledge Literary competence is not limited to knowledge about the source-texts about the source-texts
NaturalizationNaturalization; individualized cultural ; individualized cultural repertoires repertoires
Where’s the canon?
Based on earlier/different texts Based on earlier/different texts
Discussion about crucial elements Discussion about crucial elements
Socially constructed within community Socially constructed within community
Conclusion
Contacts
Recent publications:
‘Sherlock Abroad: Dutch Fans Interpret the Famous Detective’ In Busse, K. & L. Stein (2012). Transmedia Sherlock.
‘Stranger than fiction: Fan identity in cosplay’). Transformative Works and Cultures (September, 2011).
Contacts