Two lectures and a seminar by Dr. Christiana Gregoriou, University of Leeds
Dr Christiana Gregoriou, University of Leeds offers two lectures and a seminar on various topics in discourse analysis and stylistics: Tue Feb 19th, 2008, 16:45, 601A: Lecture: THE STYLISTICS OF TRUE CRIME: MAPPING THE MIND OF SERIAL KILLERS The serial killer myth “is a myth in which victims are represented in contrast to the glamour, mystery, and power of those who brought their lives to an end” (Tithecott 1997: 179). Parental neglect and abuse, early non-dangerous idiosyncratic abnormalities, an abnormal physical appearance and genetic disorders – these are some of the sources of serial homicide, at least according to true crime narratives. When the killers tell their own stories, they remove responsibility from themselves, and place it either on chance, nature, God, the now animated and personified weapons, or the victims themselves. Both in the context of factual and fictional representations of crime, our serial killers are metaphorically constructed as extra-terrestrials, vampires, werewolf-like monsters and devils, not to mention animals and faulty machines. Analysing Berry-Dee’s true and interview-based storylines Talking with Serial Killers: The Most Evil People in the World tell their own Stories, Dr Christiana Gregoriou looks at how true crime narratives feed from and into fictional literature, and how they reinforce and preserve the audience’s schematic expectations to do with the nature and justification of the criminal mind. Wed Feb 20th, 2008, 15:00-16:30, 601A, Seminar: A CONSTRUCTION OF FEMININITY: A CDA APPROACH Thu 15-18:30, 101A, Lecture for year II BA title: t.b.a.
