Bill, Courtney2025-05-082025-05-082025https://hdl.handle.net/1828/22197The ‘unhinged woman trope’ is an emerging trend in literary fiction wherein women are unlikable in some way, whether it be morally complex, self-destructive, ugly, greedy, cruel, or otherwise defy patriarchal expectations. From weird to borderline insane, this trope functions both as a literary form and an acknowledgement of our shared humanity. I used this research to complete a first draft of a novel “Viral” which follows an unnamed protagonist who obsessively stalks a series of women in modern-day Port Coquitlam.literaturefictionwomenfeministnovelcontemporaryPoster