The Haunted Female: Exploration of the Ambiguity of Madwomen in Horror Fiction – Bc. Natálie Kavuloková
Bc. Natálie Kavuloková
Master's thesis
The Haunted Female: Exploration of the Ambiguity of Madwomen in Horror Fiction
The Haunted Female: Exploration of the Ambiguity of Madwomen in Horror Fiction
Abstract:
Tato práce se zabývá zobrazením postavy šílené ženy v Gotickém hororu. Práce se soustředí na literární díla The Turn of the Screw (Henry James), The Haunting of Hill House (Shirley Jackson) a jejich filmové adaptace The Innocents (Jack Clayton) a The Haunting (Robert Wise). Analýza práce zkoumá konstrukci nejednoznačnosti, uvěznění a identity. Tato práce demonstruje, že ženské postavy v zmíněných dílech …moreAbstract:
The aim of this thesis is to analyze the portrayal of the madwoman character in Gothic horror, both in its literary and cinematic form. The thesis focuses on Henry James’s The Turn of the Screw (1989), Shirley Jackson’s The Haunting of Hill House (1959), and their respective film adaptations Jack Clayton’s The Innocents (1961) and Robert Wise’s The Haunting (1963). The analysis examines the primary …more
Language used: English
Date on which the thesis was submitted / produced: 20. 5. 2024
Identifier:
https://is.muni.cz/th/u9l5k/
Thesis defence
- Date of defence: 20. 6. 2024
- Supervisor: doc. Michael Matthew Kaylor, PhD.
- Reader: Mgr. Martina Horáková, Ph.D.
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English Language and Literature / English Language and Literature
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