CULTURAL VALUES IN BRITISH AND AMERICAN FEMALE DETECTIVE NARRATIVES

This paper explores how cultural values are embedded and expressed in British and American female detective fiction, focusing on Agatha Christie's Miss Marple and Mary Roberts Rinehart's Nurse Hilda Adams. Through comparative literary analysis, it examines how each character reflects societal expectations, gender norms, and national ideologies. The study reveals that British narratives emphasize order, restraint, and class hierarchy, while American stories portray action, reform, and individual agency. By investigating both narrative style and character function, the research highlights how cultural environments shape female representation in crime fiction and influence the moral and investigative frameworks of the genre.