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Theme#2: Horror (EKSAMEN)
This theme deals with horror, both as a genre and also as a theme, and the way it is portrayed in both fiction and non-fiction. How can we define horror? Do we need evil to understand what horror is -or even the concept of good?
The purpose is also to equip the student with an analytical and theoretical framework that will make it possible to understand and discuss both how and why the feelings were created. To achieve this, th theme presents approaches to horror fiction which are inspired by different theories about the genre and its appeal. The apporaches can inspire to apply different readings and to discuss the validity of different theories in the analyses of specific works.
This will illustrate how analysing horror is a never-ending process which only becomes more diverse and interesting the deeper you dig and the more theory and context you apply. The different approaches to the genre can be defined as: Horror: a mirror of the human psyche, Horror: a mirror of society and Horror: a mirror of human nature.
Horror – a mirror of the human psyche and an understanding of the uncanny
A psychological point of view is fundamental with its focus on the human mind and the creation of our personalities to understanding horror. Though largely irrelevant to modern psychology, Sigmund Freud’s theories about the Id, the Ego and the Superego provide us with strong framework when it comes to understanding our fascination with stories of fear, death, and violence. Also, Freud’s theories can often help us understand why characters act the way that they do. The genre fascinates us because it tells us alarming stories about how repressed and forbidden thoughts can return and take control of a civilised mind. Yet, this also appeals to the same civilised minds (our minds) with all its repression and allows us to confront these emotions safely – much like a roller coaster allows us to feel a sense of safety in danger. This allows us to feel alive and gives us belief in ourselves and in our sense of sanity.
Kernetekster:
Stephen King 'Why We Crave Horror Movies' (1989)
Edgar Allen Poe Edgar Allan Poe, ''The Raven'' (1845) (poem)
How postmodern man is scared, from: Systime,. Horror, by Rasmus Drisdal, Johanne Riktrup Hansen og Systime (2016)
Calder, Todd, "The Concept of Evil", The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Fall 2015 Edition), Edward N. Zalta (ed.), URL = <http://plato.stanford.edu/archives/fall2015/entries/concept-evil/>
American Psycho (2000) written by Bret Easton Ellis, directed by Mary Harron (film)
Ellis, Bret Easton, ’Killing Child’ in American Psycho (1991), in Wider Contexts, Gyldendal (2012), pp. 178-181 (novel, excerpt)
Hughes, Ted, ’Hawk Roosting’ (1960) in Ted Hughes: Collected Poems ed. By Paul Keegan, Ferrar, Straus and Giroux/New York (2005) p. 68 (poem)
Poe, Edgar Allan, ’The Tell-Tale Heart’ (1843) in Edgar Allan Poe: Complete Tales and Poems, Castle Books (2009), pp. 199-202 (short story)
Film: The Sixth Sense (1999) directed by M. Night Shyamalan and the employment of horror characteristics in postmodern film
Supplerende tekster/materiale
Field trip til politimuseet og se udstillingen 'ondskab', for at skabe kontekst
1 x PowerPoint presentations with different art works regarding the theme
Horror
Different articles, you-tube interviews and clips about horror elements
Faglige mål:
Sprogfærdighed:
- forstå mundtlige engelske tekster og samtaler af en vis længde om almene og faglige emner̶
- udtrykke sig sammenhængende og forholdsvis flydende, herunder formulere egne synspunkter, i præsentation, samtale og diskussion på engelsk om almene og faglige emner med en relativ høj grad af grammatisk korrekthed
- læse og forstå skrevne tekster på engelsk i forskellige genrer af en vis længde om almene og faglige emner̶
- skrive klare, detaljerede og sammenhængende tekster på engelsk med forskellige formål om almene og faglige emner med en relativ høj grad af grammatisk korrekthed
Sprog, tekst og kultur:
- analysere og beskrive engelsk sprog med anvendelse af relevant faglig terminologi
- gøre rede for indhold, synspunkter og sproglige særtræk i engelsksprogede tekster
- analysere og fortolke tekster med anvendelse af faglig terminologi og metode̶
- perspektivere tekster kulturelt, samfundsmæssigt og historisk̶
- anvende faglige opslagsværker og øvrige hjælpemidler̶
- demonstrere viden om fagets identitet og metoder
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