The Figure of the Vampire: Schizoanalysis and the Commodification of Anxiety in Gothic and Horror Fiction – Mgr. Jan Čapek, Ph.D.
Mgr. Jan Čapek, Ph.D.
Doctoral thesis
The Figure of the Vampire: Schizoanalysis and the Commodification of Anxiety in Gothic and Horror Fiction
The Figure of the Vampire: Schizoanalysis and the Commodification of Anxiety in Gothic and Horror Fiction
Abstract:
Tato dizertace analyzuje vybraná díla anglofonní gotické a hororové fikce 19., 20., a raného 21. století s hlavním důrazem na interpretaci vývoje postavy upíra. Dizertace zkoumá postavu upíra skrze aplikaci teorie touhy ve vztahu ke konceptualizaci subjektivity představené v knize Anti-Oedipus: Capitalism and Schizophrenia Volume 1 (1972), první z kolaborací francouzského filozofa Gillese Deleuze a …moreAbstract:
This dissertation analyzes selected works of 19th, 20th, and early 21st century Anglophone Gothic and Horror fiction with the primary focus on interpreting the development of the figure of the vampire. The dissertation explores the figure of the vampire through the application of theory of desire relating to the notion of subjectivity presented in Anti-Oedipus: Capitalism and Schizophrenia Volume 1 …moreKeywords
Gilles Deleuze Félix Guattari Deleuze and Guattari schizoanalysis commodification of anxiety Sigmund Freud Jacques Lacan Frankfurt School desire anxiety the vampire Gothic fiction Horror fiction Horror film capitalism neoliberalism social production schizoanalýza komodifikace úzkosti touha upír gotická fikce hororová fikce hororoý film kapitalismus neoliberalismus
Language used: English
Date on which the thesis was submitted / produced: 25. 1. 2022
Identifier:
https://is.muni.cz/th/ybfz0/
Thesis defence
- Date of defence: 19. 5. 2022
- Supervisor: Ph.D. Stephen Paul Hardy
- Reader: dr hab. Paweł Jędrzejko, Andrew Culp, Ph.D.
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ČAPEK, Jan. \textit{The Figure of the Vampire: Schizoanalysis and the Commodification of Anxiety in Gothic and Horror Fiction}. Online. Doctoral theses, Dissertations. Brno: Masaryk University, Faculty of Arts. 2022. Available from: https://theses.cz/id/3ejihl/.
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Literatures in English / Literatures in English