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Pacing Your Fears: Narrative Adaptation In The Age Of Binge Culture, Samantha Richards
Pacing Your Fears: Narrative Adaptation In The Age Of Binge Culture, Samantha Richards
Scripps Senior Theses
Entertainment is an ever-changing medium, and television specifically has gone through many technological innovations since its bright beginnings. These innovations have consistently changed the way stories are told. Stylistic shifts in key elements ranging from shot format to the way shows are constructed can be seen especially clearly in horror which does not have the same narrative constraints as many other genres, and therefore more room to experiment. By tracking changes in the narrative formats of serialized and anthology horror shows, I define a new era of television brought about by the prevalence of streaming, and the rise of binge …
"She's Not A Real Monster": Orphan Black's Helena And The Monstrous-Feminine, Natalie Eisen
"She's Not A Real Monster": Orphan Black's Helena And The Monstrous-Feminine, Natalie Eisen
Scripps Senior Theses
This thesis explores the idea of the “monstrous-feminine,” or the idea that female monsters of television and film are linked to their femininity in a way that male monsters are not linked to their masculinity. Using the work of scholars such as Barbara Creed, Shelley Stamp Lindsey, and Jane M. Ussher, the thesis covers various facets of women’s lives as seen through the distorted lens of the monstrous. The character of Helena from the television show Orphan Black is used as a concrete example of the stages of the monstrous-feminine: the girl-child, menstruation and puberty, sexuality, and motherhood.