English 2017 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Julia Kristeva, Suicide, Escapism
8 Jan 2018
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The hills have eyes (2006), about a family travelling through a desert landscape who are set upon by genetically mutated cannibals, and cabin. Fever (2002), about a group of young college students attacked by a flesh- eating virus. The pleasures of feeling terror (may be associated with) escapism curiosity catharsis arousal rehearsal sado-masochism the death-wish. Barbara creed: horror and the monstrous feminine (in coursepack) Noel carroll: why horror (in horror, the film reader, ed. Mary beth oliver and meghan sanders: the appeal of horror and suspense (in the horror film, ed. Features probably common to all experiences of scopophilia associated with film. Escapism: this is more interesting than my life. Noel carroll suggests that horror thrives above all as a narrative form horror narratives revolve around proving, disclosing, discovering, and confirming the existence of something that is impossible, something that defies standing conceptual schemes Thus, to a large extent, the horror story is driven explicitly by curiosity.
