Tag: Tana French

• Detectives & Dramaturgy

  1. There are two potential explanations for why Tana French’s “literary thriller” In The Woods portrays human interaction and detective work how it does. The first is that she read Erving Goffman’s microsociology work, internalizing its principles. Alternatively, she trained and worked for over a decade as an actor. Goffman is famous for the dramaturgical…

  suspendedreason

  May 5, 2022

  Essays

  ambiguity, dramaturgical theory, Erving Goffman, generalized reading, opticratics, selection games, signaling theory, stamp collecting, strategic interaction, surrogation, Tana French