Creepypasta: How Contemporary Digital Horror Blends with Reality – Bc. Kateřina Laganová
Bc. Kateřina Laganová
Bachelor's thesis
Creepypasta: How Contemporary Digital Horror Blends with Reality
Creepypasta: How Contemporary Digital Horror Blends with Reality
Abstract:
Folklór v digitálním věku má tendenci pohybovat se na hranici mezi skutečností a fikcí. Creepypasty, které jsou hybridem městských legend a hororové fikce, spoléhají na schopnost publika tzv. odložit svou nedůvěru a vyznačují se iluzí autenticity i schopností děsit a znepokojovat čtenáře. Tato bakalářská práce se zabývá creepypastami a fenoménem folklorní ostenze, který je částečně ovlivněn právě věrohodností …moreAbstract:
Folklore in the digital age has a tendency to straddle the boundary between fact and fiction. A hybrid of urban legends and horror fiction, creepypastas rely on the audience’s ability to suspend their disbelief and are distinguished by their illusion of authenticity as well as their capacity to terrify and disturb readers. This bachelor’s thesis deals with creepypastas and the phenomenon of folkloric …more
Language used: English
Date on which the thesis was submitted / produced: 25. 4. 2023
Identifier:
https://is.slu.cz/th/evw6c/
Thesis defence
- Date of defence: 31. 5. 2023
- Supervisor: PhDr. Diana Adamová, Ph.D.
- Reader: doc. PhDr. Michaela Weiss, Ph.D.
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LAGANOVÁ, Kateřina. \textit{Creepypasta: How Contemporary Digital Horror Blends with Reality}. Online. Bachelor's thesis. Opava: Silesian University in Opava, Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava. 2023. Available from: https://theses.cz/id/tw3qf1/.
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English for Professional Purposes / English for Professional Purposes
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