Essays about: "monster theory"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 10 essays containing the words monster theory.

  1. 1. “People, Corrupted”: Monstrous Transformations in “The Whistlers” and “Whitefall”

    University essay from Karlstads universitet/Fakulteten för humaniora och samhällsvetenskap (from 2013)

    Author : Charles Perseus D'Aniello; [2023]
    Keywords : monster theory; monstrosity; gothic; internet horror; bare life; zombies; heterotopia; cannibalism;

    Abstract : This essay explores monstrosity in two contemporary horror stories: “The Whistlers” by Amity Argot, and “Whitefall” by C.K. Walker, focusing on how the humans in these texts are monstrously transformed. READ MORE

  3. 2. The Non-Speaking Creature : Characterisation in Relation to Speech in Frankenstein and Two of its Adaptations

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)

    Author : Frida Hellryd; [2021]
    Keywords : Frankenstein; Disability Studies;

    Abstract : This paper uses narrative theory to take a look at how speech is represented in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, and how speech is connected to the characterisation of Frankenstein's Creature. The paper also looks at how the Creature's characterisation changes when he is made non-speaking in Richard Brinsley Peake 1823 stage play Presumption and the 1931 film Frankenstein. READ MORE

  4. 3. “Pale her cheeks they ought to be, it was only yesterday that she had been a tree.” : Gender, Power, and Hybridity in the Swedish Medieval Supernatural Ballads

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Historiska institutionen

    Author : Rachel Bott; [2020]
    Keywords : Early modern; Late medieval; Gender; Power; Transformation; Hybridity; Sveriges medeltida ballader;

    Abstract : This thesis analyzes eight specific Swedish medieval ballads that contain supernatural transformation and hybridity for how they depict gender in late medieval and early modern contexts. Using literature as a historical resource and a micro-historical approach, this thesis applies gender theory, intersectional approaches, and monster theory to its reading of these ballads. READ MORE

  5. 4. The Fear of Mrs. Bates : The Use of Psychoanalytical Aspects, Anticipation and Retrospection in Robert Bloch’s Psycho

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

    Author : Rebecca Spolander; [2018]
    Keywords : Robert Bloch; Psycho; Sigmund Freud; psychoanalysis; Super-Ego; Ego; Id; repression; Wolfgang Iser; reception theory; anticipation; retrospection;

    Abstract : This essay focuses on psychoanalytical notions in Robert Bloch’s novel Psycho. The theoretical framework is based on Sigmund Freud’s theory of psychoanalysis. Slavoj Žižek’s idea that the house serves as a symbol of Freud’s concept of the Super-Ego, Ego and Id is presented and further developed. READ MORE

  6. 5. Cleaning Away the Bad Stuff : A Comparative Analysis of the Use of Cleaning for Getting Rid of Monstrosity in Dead Until Dark and Shakespeare's Landlord

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för språkstudier

    Author : Jenny Lindmark; [2017]
    Keywords : Monstrosity; cleaning; teratology. Kristeva; Douglas; Skal;

    Abstract : Abstract   This essay is analysing the presence of cleaning and grooming in the novels Shakespeare’s Landlord and Dead Until Dark, both by Charlaine Harris. Against the backdrop of teratology, the essay demonstrates how cleaning and grooming are means for the female protagonists Lily and Sookie to get rid of their inner and outer monstrosities. READ MORE