Abjection in Stanley Kubrick’s & Ridley Scott’s films : tracing the roots of horror
To the audience, science fiction is often recognized as a genre that delivers different portrayals of the future, serving as warning lights with regards to the usage of science and technology. This essay seeks to explore how horror is evoked through the representation of three key features that are...
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sg-ntu-dr.10356-656112019-12-10T14:51:27Z Abjection in Stanley Kubrick’s & Ridley Scott’s films : tracing the roots of horror Tan, Han Sheng Tamara Silvia Wagner School of Humanities and Social Sciences DRNTU::Humanities::Literature::English To the audience, science fiction is often recognized as a genre that delivers different portrayals of the future, serving as warning lights with regards to the usage of science and technology. This essay seeks to explore how horror is evoked through the representation of three key features that are characteristic of these films: technology, ‘utopia’, and the ‘Other’. Through these representations, different aspects of abjection are observed. This leads to a confrontation with anxieties of the period that ultimately draws the focus onto the users, rather than the usage, of science and technology. Bachelor of Arts 2015-11-19T06:20:32Z 2015-11-19T06:20:32Z 2015 2015 Final Year Project (FYP) http://hdl.handle.net/10356/65611 en Nanyang Technological University 30 p. application/pdf |
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To the audience, science fiction is often recognized as a genre that delivers different portrayals of the future, serving as warning lights with regards to the usage of science and technology. This essay seeks to explore how horror is evoked through the representation of three key features that are characteristic of these films: technology, ‘utopia’, and the ‘Other’. Through these representations, different aspects of abjection are observed. This leads to a confrontation with anxieties of the period that ultimately draws the focus onto the users, rather than the usage, of science and technology. |
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