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Fearful narrator: A look at problems of reliability in the storytelling within Moby Dick and At The Mountains of Madness upon the emergence of the supernatural

dc.contributor.advisor Batra, Nandita
dc.contributor.author Muniz-Villalon, Gerardo M.
dc.contributor.college College of Arts and Sciences - Arts en_US
dc.contributor.committee Vicente, Nancy Vanessa
dc.contributor.committee Irizarry, José
dc.contributor.committee Carroll, Kevin
dc.contributor.department Department of English en_US
dc.contributor.representative Collins, Dana
dc.date.accessioned 2018-05-16T17:15:05Z
dc.date.available 2018-05-16T17:15:05Z
dc.date.issued 2012
dc.description.abstract This thesis explores the elements of fear and the supernatural as seen through the lens of narrative and psychoanalytical theory focusing on the novels Herman Melville’s Moby Dick and Howard Philips Lovecraft’s At The Mountains of Madness. Special attention has been paid to the manner in which the main narrators of the books tell of the events that transpired by utilizing narrative theory to analyze the narrators’ consistency in the flow of the narration. Psychoanalytical theory has been used to analyze the way in which the psyches of the narrators in these texts slowly deteriorate as they tell of the events that occurred in the narration of that particular point in their lives. A brief discussion on the history of the emergence of the supernatural horror novel is given to show how the elements of fear have transcended through time to the point that we are right now and fully to understand how these elements of the genre affect the narrative’s ability to sustain believability.
dc.description.abstract Esta tésis explora los elementos del miedo y lo sobrenatural como son vistos por la percepción del uso de la teoría narrativa y sicoanalista enfocándose en como son representados en relacion a las novelas Moby Dick y At the Mountains of Madness. Atención especial se ha dado a la forma en la que los narradores principales de los libros presentan los eventos que transcurieron utilizando la teoria narativa para analizar sus consistencias en el flujo de la narracion. La Teoría sicoanalista fue utilizada para analizar la manera por la cual el siquis de los narradores en este estudio se deterioran lentamente mientras cuentan de los eventos que ocurieron en la narración en ese punto en particular de sus vidas. Una breve discusión de la historia de los comienzos de la novela the horror sobrenatural es presentada para demostrar como los elementos del miedo han transcendido mediante el tiempo hasta el punto en el cual estamos ahora mismo y para comprender completamente como estos elementos del genero afectan la habilidad narrativa para mantener la credibilidad.
dc.description.graduationSemester Spring en_US
dc.description.graduationYear 2012 en_US
dc.identifier.uri https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11801/651
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.rights.holder (c) 2012 Gerardo M. Muñiz Villalon en_US
dc.rights.license All rights reserved en_US
dc.subject Horror fiction en_US
dc.subject Supernatural and occult fiction en_US
dc.subject Psychoanalysis in literature en_US
dc.subject.lcsh Narration (Rhetoric) en_US
dc.subject.lcsh Fear in literature en_US
dc.subject.lcsh Supernatural in literature en_US
dc.subject.lcsh Melville, Herman -- Criticism and interpretation en_US
dc.subject.lcsh Philips Lovecraft, Howard -- Criticism and interpretation en_US
dc.subject.lcsh Melville, Herman -- Moby Dick en_US
dc.subject.lcsh Philips Lovecraft, Howard -- At the Mountains of Madness en_US
dc.subject.lcsh Discourse analysis, Narrative en_US
dc.title Fearful narrator: A look at problems of reliability in the storytelling within Moby Dick and At The Mountains of Madness upon the emergence of the supernatural en_US
dc.type Thesis en_US
dspace.entity.type Publication
thesis.degree.discipline English Education en_US
thesis.degree.level M.A.E.E. en_US
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