Naslov
Reading Frankenstein in the Light of the Immigration Crisis

Autori
Domines Veliki, Martina

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Poglavlja u knjigama, znanstveni

Knjiga
Migrations: Literary and Linguistic Aspects

Urednik/ci
Fabijanić, Ivo ; Štrmelj, Lidija ; Ukić-Košta, Vesna ; Bregović, Monika

Izdavač
Peter Lang

Grad
Berlin

Godina
2019

Raspon stranica
137-148

ISBN
978-3-631-77274-4

ISSN
7891-352X

Ključne riječi
Mary Shelley, Frankenstein, MyEscape documentaries, abject

Sažetak
The article suggests that there are several points of convergence between Mary Shelley's idea of monstrosity and Elke Sasse's documentaries My Escape 1 and 2, the series that won the Prix Europa in October 2016. First, both narratives use confession as a tool for authenticating human experience. Second, they deal with monstrosity and the ensuing emotions of fear, despair, helplessness, disorientation and hatred. As much as the Frankenstein monster can be seen as the product of the emerging capitalist society and thus the embodiment of the masses, the immigrants fleeing to Europe can be described as 'the abject' (Kristeva's term) - something that disturbs European borders and the Western sense of order, system and identity.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Filologija

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