Essays about: "Women in horror"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 10 essays containing the words Women in horror.

1. 1. The Woman, the Witch, and the Dancer. A comparative study of the representation of women in Suspiria (1977) and Suspiria (2018)

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för kulturvetenskaper

   Author : Jakob Olsson; [2023-03-20]
   Keywords : Horror; Suspiria; Dario Argento; Luca Guadagnino; Feminism;

   Abstract : This bachelor's thesis investigates how the representation of women differs between Dario Argento's Suspiria (1977) and Luca Guadagnino's 2018 remake of the film by investigating the protagonist Suzy. Audience reception with focus on the female characters is taken into account in order to relate the films and their reception to the different historical climates of feminism. READ MORE

3. 2. The Haunting of Hill House: The Heterosexual Horror of the Home

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

   Author : Fanny Berg; [2023]
   Keywords : Shirley Jackson; queer reading; internalization; self-surveillance; heteronormativity;

   Abstract : The female gothic as a genre, with its emergence in the 19th century, has a history of critiquing women’s place in the domestic sphere by showcasing the horrors of the home. When The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson was first published in 1959, it did so with both this historical genre background, as well as with a resurgence of traditional gender roles as an ideal. READ MORE

4. 3. Frighteningly Female - Subversion of horror film tropes in Oz Perkins’ Gretel & Hansel

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för kulturvetenskaper

   Author : Sofia Lövgren Hansson; [2022-04-13]
   Keywords : Feminism; Horror; Gretel Hansel; Subversive; Women;

   Abstract : This essay aims to examine the portrayal of the reproductive and aging female body as horrific in Oz Perkins’ Gretel & Hansel (2020). It proposes that the reinterpretation of the Grimm brothers' classical fairytale as a feminist coming of age story, centering Gretel as the protagonist and the witch as a mentor, allows for a subversion of horror film tropes pertaining to the reproductive female body. READ MORE

5. 4. Representations of gender in Wuthering Heights : An analysis of Masculinity and femininity and women as the abject

   University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humaniora

   Author : Saga Vindelhag; [2022]
   Keywords : Feminist Literatur analys; Feminist litteraturs analysis. Wuthering Heights; female authors;

   Abstract : The aim of this essay is to analyse gender representations in Wuthering Heights byusing French literary criticism. French literary critics thought that the language ofliterature was predominantly phallocentric as male authors, who helped shape thatlanguage, dominated it. READ MORE

6. 5. Damsel In Command :  The Characterization of Beverly Marsh in It and It Chapter 2

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

   Author : Tove Almroth; [2022]
   Keywords : Gender; Women in horror; Beverly Marsh; Andrés Muschietti; Stephen King; It; It Chapter Two;

   Abstract : This essay analyzes the character of Beverly Marsh in Andrés Muschietti’s It and It Chapter 2. By using previous research on women in horror, Beverly’s character is dissected with regards to sexualization and agency. READ MORE