Private Space and Identity in Ian Rankin’s Knots & Crosses
Uotila, Simo (2021)
Uotila, Simo
2021
Englannin kielen, kirjallisuuden ja kääntämisen kandidaattiohjelma - Bachelor's Programme in English Language, Literature and Translation
Informaatioteknologian ja viestinnän tiedekunta - Faculty of Information Technology and Communication Sciences
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Hyväksymispäivämäärä
2021-05-04
Julkaisun pysyvä osoite on
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:tuni-202104273804
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:tuni-202104273804
Tiivistelmä
This thesis studies the private spaces within Ian Rankin’s novel Knots & Crosses (1987). The detective fiction genre is naturally entwined in issues of privacy, owing to the nature of detection process which necessitates transgressions of private boundaries. This thesis employs theory on social space, and theory of social geography in general as well as privacy studies to analyze how the private spaces are portrayed in the novel, and how the private spaces connect with the identity of the occupants.
The analysis is divided in two sections: Home and Other private spaces. Home is defined as a concept that is found in the intersection of built environment and emotional connection. The results of the study point to the home being an extension of a person’s identity and reflecting their life history and aspirations in general. The streets of Edinburgh as a public space are transformed in the darkness of the night into bubbles of transient private spaces, allowing for and encouraging show of private identity. The car is a point of outward observation as well as a quasi-private personal space, characterized by some of the same identity-supporting features.
These spaces of varying degree of privacy make a fluid map of personal life where the private spaces reflect and modify the individual’s identity, while also being challenged constantly.
The analysis is divided in two sections: Home and Other private spaces. Home is defined as a concept that is found in the intersection of built environment and emotional connection. The results of the study point to the home being an extension of a person’s identity and reflecting their life history and aspirations in general. The streets of Edinburgh as a public space are transformed in the darkness of the night into bubbles of transient private spaces, allowing for and encouraging show of private identity. The car is a point of outward observation as well as a quasi-private personal space, characterized by some of the same identity-supporting features.
These spaces of varying degree of privacy make a fluid map of personal life where the private spaces reflect and modify the individual’s identity, while also being challenged constantly.
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