THE AMERICAN HORROR CINEMA Christophe CHAMBOST ISIC.L2.cinéma Evaluation : Un devoir sur table en examen terminal avec 2 questions de cours (exemple : une question sur le gothique et une question sur un cinéaste) → 50% de la note Un dossier à faire en groupe : prendre une scène d’un film fantastique Américain qui nous paraît intéressante Fantastic The origin of the fantastic as a literary genre started in the 18th century. At that time there was no films but there was an interest for the macabre
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extent do you agree with the assertion that ‘One of the basic features of gothic fiction is the critical portrayal of religion’1 in Christabel and The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge‚ The Bloody Chamber by Angela Carter‚ and Dracula by Bram Stoker? The Christian attachment to Gothic emerged from its connection to Gothic and Gothic Revivalist architecture‚ though from the nineteenth century the Romantics gave an appraisal of Christianity that differed from its previous depiction
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Johnathan Rubio 11/15/11 9th period In Charles Dickens novel “A Tale of Two Cities” he expresses a tone of disgust through the use of sarcasm‚ alliteration‚ and repetition. Tone is the writer’s attitude towards the subject‚ and in this case Charles Dickens shows disgust towards Monseigneor. In his story he uses sarcasm to describe how selfish Monseigneur is. For example he states “Deep would have been the blot upon his escutcheon if his chocolate had been ignobly waited on by only
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gothic novel. Strange places It is usual for characters in Gothic fiction to find themselves in a strange place; somewhere other‚ different‚ mysterious. It is often threatening or violent. In Bram Stoker’s Dracula‚ for example‚ a young lawyer’s clerk‚ suddenly finds himself trapped within Castle Dracula. That scene occurs in Central Europe‚ but often in classic Gothic fiction it takes place in distant‚ ‚ mysterious southern Europe Clashing time periods Just as places are often mysterious‚ lost‚ dark
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novels set in the eighteenth century that involve romanticism‚horror and madness .Interestingly Gothic novels aim to not only create suspense driven plots but to also trigger strong emotions in the reader. The novels Frankenstein by Mary Shelley‚ Dracula by Bram Stoker and The Strange Case Of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson all fall under the Gothic Genre‚each exploring different forms of supernatural beings. Each novel fulfills the elements of a classic Gothic novel as they all emphasize
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From a contemporary cultural view‚ Dracula might appear to be more than just an old man‚ who tries to find white young women to satisfy his sexual appetite and his bloodlust (Stevenson qtd. in Durocher 57). This old and creepy man Dracula impersonates is far away from the depiction of modern vampires‚ who are young‚ sexually desirable and handsome. Nevertheless‚ vampire men stay a danger
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and the strength of a vampire but the thirst of one too. He is out to help save humanity because the vampire race wants to farm humans for food. Then the vampires find and revive Dracula the first vampire but this makes a new vampire strain to come about and makes it harder to kill. The series ends with blade killing Dracula. Comparatively‚ Underworld is also about vampires too with Selene being the heroine but‚ contrastingly‚ going after the descendant of the original bloodline of the first Lycan and
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Inspiring the famous novels and movies we know today‚ the Gothic first occurred during the Romantic Period in the early eighteenth century. Before making its appearance in literature‚ the style was shown through different English architectures‚ by the work of visionaries such as Horace Walpole. After purchasing Strawberry Hill in 1740‚ Walpole began remodeling the estate into what he described as “Gothick” manner. Adding towers‚ battlements‚ arched doors and windows‚ the mansion quickly became influential
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The film was made in 1922 however it included the actor Max Schreck as the character of Count Orlok‚ a suspicious upper class aristocrat living in Transylvania. The vampire was renamed Nosferatu instead of Dracula because of copyright restrictions. The undead vampire’s monstrous appearance is iconic throughout the horror film genre history‚ looking so horrifying to look at with his vermin like appearance. The narrative is the villain of count Orlok who is a
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Insecurities of the gothic tradition have stood the test of time through the appropriation into a range of cultures and contexts through originally “The castle of Otranto” by Horace Walpole and such texts as “fall of the house of Usher” by Edgar Allan Poe‚ “Dracula” by Bram Stoker‚ “Van Helsing” Directed by Steven Sommers. It is no secret that us humans are scared of difference.
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