Fear in Gothic Fiction: A Cognitive Poetic Analysis of Angela Carter’s The Bloody Chamber
Fear in Gothic Fiction: A Cognitive Poetic Analysis of Angela Carter’s The Bloody Chamber
Author(s): Anna Kędra-KardelaSubject(s): Language studies, Language and Literature Studies, Theoretical Linguistics
Published by: Łódzkie Towarzystwo Naukowe
Keywords: gothic fiction; cognitive poetics; Deictic Shift Theory; Angela Carter; The Bloody Chamber
Summary/Abstract: Based on the Deictic Shift Theory as adopted by cognitive poetics (Stockwell 2002), this paper offers an account of fear generating mechanisms involving spatial, temporal, perceptual, relational and compositional deictic shifts in Angela Carter’s The Bloody Chamber. Focusing on the ways the reader gets involved in the terrifying story of Carter’s protagonist, the paper uncovers the complex mechanism of the “production of horror” in the text.
Journal: Zagadnienia Rodzajów Literackich
- Issue Year: 59/2016
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 13-23
- Page Count: 11
- Language: English