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  • Fantasy and madness in two female protagonists in Gothic fiction : m. a. thesis [Elektronski vir] = Fantazija in norost pri dveh protagonistkah v gotski pripovedni prozi : magistrsko delo
    Zorec, Lara
    The thesis analyses the influence of fantasy and madness on two female protagonists in The haunting of hill house by Shirley Jackson and The turn of the screw by Henry James. It aims to explain in ... what ways the fantasizing of two female protagonists suggests the potential madness or mental health issues in the protagonists. The protagonists, Eleanor Vance, and the governess, experience seemingly inexplicable supernatural occurrences while trying to restart their lives in new surroundings. Both literary works of Gothic fiction focus on their narration and explanation of the events and their fantasizing about what could have been. To correctly interpret the results of the analysis and scientific terms, the first part of the thesis deals with the explanation of specific terminology related to the Gothic genre, madness in medical and literary terms in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, and psychoanalytic criticism. The theoretical background is significant for the definition of the specific passages that help us understand the ambiguous literary works by Jackson and James. The thesis attempts to discover what mental illnesses could be tormenting the female protagonists and how defining their symptoms could help explain their behaviour and inexplicable occurrences.
    Type of material - master's thesis ; adult, serious
    Publication and manufacture - Maribor : [L. Zorec], 2023
    Language - english
    COBISS.SI-ID - 188838403

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    Digital Library of the University of Maribor – DLUM

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