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Byun, Hyojeong. “Reading Death Comes for the Archbishop with a Queer Code.” Studies in English Language & Literature. 43.1 (2017): 63-81. This study aims to trace various queer codes in Death Comes for the Archbishop, because queer theory in the modern era does not only mean homosexuality but is elastic and includes race, class, religion, culture, and marginalized sexual identity, while permitting opportunities for people to accept everything that has its own appropriateness. So, when the work is read according to this concept of queer theory, the meaning can be rich. Father Latour, a devout Catholic priest, shows not merely the homosexual aspect of queerness by reinforcing his friendship with Vaillant, but also other immeasurable possibilities by harmoniously finding the confluence between corrupt priests in his diocese and various Native Americans in the process of his missionary work in desolate New Mexico. When reflecting that queerness is relationship-oriented, Latour's queerness has an abundance of meaning and vision in that it covers life and productivity for the future. Although the religious stories can erode this novel's queer texture, Latour embodies his priestly duties and the richest consciousness with a sense of fulfillment by elevating his own queerness in the end. (Daejin University)