Sökning: "gothic fiction"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 14 uppsatser innehållade orden gothic fiction.

1. 1. Herbarium Gothic : A Trauma Theory Approach to the Pulp of V.C. Andrews Flowers in the Attic

   Kandidat-uppsats, Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)

   Författare :Evangelina Nicole Dimovska; [2023]
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   Sammanfattning : This thesis examines the literary representation and construction of mental illness in characters resulting from childhood trauma in the gothic pulp novel Flowers in the Attic (1979) by Cleo Virginia Andrews (1923-1986). Through a close reading of the novel, the analysis will emphasise the narration, interpersonal relationships, and constructed psyche primarily of the main character Cathy Dollanganger. LÄS MER

3. 2. The Development of The Trope of Hauntings in Gothic Fiction : A Comparative Analysis of Wuthering Heights and The Haunting of Hill House

   Kandidat-uppsats, Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)

   Författare :Kristel Dosti; [2023]
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   Sammanfattning : The research conducted in this paper will concern the development of the Gothic trope of hauntings in a comparative analysis of two gothic novels, Wuthering Heights (1847) by Emily Brontë and The Haunting of Hill House (1959) by Shirley Jackson. The analysis will focus on how hauntings of various forms are presented and what they represent in the two texts before and after the development of psychoanalytical studies, particularly Sigmund Freud’s conceptualization of “Das Unheimliche”. LÄS MER

4. 3. Kvinnlig vänskap i Gotisk Litteratur : En komperativ studie av Gillian Flynns Gone Girl och Daphne du Mauriers Rebecca

   Kandidat-uppsats, Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för film och litteratur (IFL)

   Författare :Wilma Holmestrand; [2021]
   Nyckelord :Female Gothic; Gone Girl; Kvinnlig gotik; Kvinnlig vänskap; Gotisk litteratur; Gotik; Rebecca; Modern gotik; Nutida gotik; Kvinnliga relationer; Dubbelgångare;

   Sammanfattning : The aim of this essay is to investigate the meaning and importance of the female friendship within Ellen Moers tradition and theory regarding the female gothic. In this essay, I argue that the female friendship has played an important role in the portrayal of the Gothic fiction as socially critical of women’s position in the society, mainly by examining the two works Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier and Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn. LÄS MER

5. 4. Maktspel och död i två gotiska verk : En analys av Catherine Earnshaw och Madeleine Usher med fokus på makt och temat döden

   Kandidat-uppsats, Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för film och litteratur (IFL)

   Författare :Anna-Lena Wall; [2021]
   Nyckelord :power; Emily Brontë; Edgar Allan Poe; relations; gothic feminism; gothic fiction; death; Madeleine Usher; Catherine Earnshaw; Wuthering Heights; The Fall of the House of Usher; makt; Emily Brontë; Edgar Allan Poe; relationer; gotisk feminism; gotisk litteratur; temat döden; Madeleine Usher; Catherine Earnshaw; Wuthering Heights; The Fall of the House of Usher;

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7. 5. The Coming of Age of a Woman : Proto-feminism and Female Bildung in Jane Austen’s Northanger Abbey

   Kandidat-uppsats, Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

   Författare :Therese Landh; [2018]
   Nyckelord :Bildungsroman; Enlightenment feminism; Jane Austen; Mary Wollstonecraft; Proto-feminism;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis examines the influence of the proto-feminist ideas of the Enlightenment on Jane Austen’s Northanger Abbey, specifically their presence in the coming-of-age journey of the novel’s heroine Catherine Morland. In this thesis, the proto-feminist ideas of the Enlightenment discussed are based on the ideas of Mary Wollstonecraft as presented in A Vindication of the Rights of Woman. LÄS MER