Gatunek w próżni: amerykańska powieść grozy po 1835 roku
Chaos and Genology: American Horror Fiction after 1835
Author(s): Dagmara ZającSubject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
Keywords: horror fiction; Edgar Allan Poe; Stephen King; supernatural thriller,Gothic; critical debates
Summary/Abstract: The article aims at presenting the problems of defi nition concerning American horror fi ction after Edgar Allan Poe. The general confusion and lack of consistency, characterizing the discussion of horror fi ction in terms of genre, is identifi ed as a problem in contemporary critical debates. Readers and critics alike describe works by Stephen King or Richard Matheson as ghost stories, horror/terror novels, supernatural thriller, or even Gothic. Still, satisfactory explanations for applying the names are seldom provided. The article attempts to identify some of the reasons for this genological disorder while various suggested defi nitions are being discussed.
Journal: Studia Litteraria Universitatis Iagellonicae Cracoviensis
- Issue Year: 2009
- Issue No: 4
- Page Range: 159-167
- Page Count: 9
- Language: Polish