Moderni horor

master's thesis

• Title (english): Modern horror
• Author: Nikolina Zeljko
• Mentor: Nikica Gilić (mentor)
• Committee member: Nikica Gilić (predsjednik povjerenstva)
• Committee member: Kristina Grgić (član povjerenstva)
• Committee member: Luka Bekavac (član povjerenstva)
• Granter: University of Zagreb; Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences; (Department of Comparative literature); Zagreb
• Defense date and country: 2021-11-26, Croatia
• Scientific / art field, discipline and subdiscipline: HUMANISTIC SCIENCES; Art Sciences; Filmology

Abstract

Potaknuta razmišljanjima o percepciji boli, traumi i nesvjesnoga među pojedincima te širim skupinama ljudi, odnosno zajednicama, napisan je ovaj diplomski rad. Cilj je prikazati otuđenost i nelagodu pojedinca i zajednice kroz prizmu strave i užasa, odnosno žanra horora. Teza ovoga diplomskoga rada je prikazati kako se horor može reprezentirati u svakidašnjemu životu, bez uporabe arhetipa „čudovišta“ u korpusu druge polovice 20. stoljeća.
U početnim poglavljima diplomskoga rada objašnjena je kategorizacija filmskog žanra i specifičnost tematike; fabularnog prikaza koji bi mogli činiti poveznicu niza filmova pod okriljem žanra horora. Nadalje se u teorijskom radnju prikazuje važnost suodnosa kompozitora i redatelja u filmovima strave i užasa. Ističe se važnost uloge filmske glazbe pri uprizorenjima psihološke i emocionalne slike aktera kao i situacijskog modela. Ponudit će se propitivanje izvora nasilja među pojedincima kroz prizmu nuklearne obitelji i odgoja te prikaza seksualnosti. Fokus se stavlja i na koncept gađenja te promjene u političko-kulturnome ustroju društvenog sistema u vremenskom okrilju 20. stoljeća, točnije njihovu reprezentaciju u filmskome mediju.
Uzevši određene filmske ogledne primjere iz nekoliko dekada prošlog stoljeća, nastoji se ponuditi što širi prikaz percepcije straha, ne samo američke kinematografije, nego i one europske, prezentirajući tako „moderni horor“.

Abstract (english)

Encouraged by reflections on the perception of pain, trauma and the unconscious among individuals and wider groups of people and communities, this thesis was written. The goal is to show the alienation and discomfort of the individual and the community through the prism of fear and horror, that is, the horror genre. The thesis of this thesis is to show how horror can be represented in everyday life, without the use of the archetype of "monster" in the corpus of the second half of the 20th century.
In the initial chapters of the thesis, the categorization of the film genre and the specifics of the topic are explained; a fabled display that could link a series of films under the horror genre. Furthermore, the theoretical work shows the importance of the relationship between composers and directors in horror films. The importance of the role of film music in staging psychological and emotional images of actors as well as the situational model is emphasized. It will offer to question the sources of violence among individuals through the prism of the nuclear family and the upbringing and portrayal of sexuality. The focus is also on the concept of disgust and changes in the political and cultural structure of the social system in the time of the 20th century, more precisely their representation in the film medium.
Taking certain film examples from several decades of the last century, it seeks to offer the broadest possible view of the perception of fear, not only of American cinema, but also of European cinema, thus presenting "modern horror".

• Keywords: filmska glazba; odrednice horora; otuđenost; nelagoda; gađenje; psihopatologija protagonista; kritika društva
• Keywords (english): cinematographic music; horror determinants; detachment; disguist; psychopathology of protagonist; crtique of socity
• Language: croatian
• URN:NBN: urn:nbn:hr:131:615198
• Study programme: Title: Comparative Literature (double major); Study programme type: university; Study level: graduate; Academic / professional title: magistar/magistra komparativne književnosti (magistar/magistra komparativne književnosti)
• Type of resource: Text
• File origin: Born digital
• Access conditions: Open access
• Public note: Teorijski rad za primjere analize uzima filmove: Psycho1960. (A. Hitchock), Rosemaryina beba 1968. (R. Polanski), Salo, ili 120 dama Sodome 1975. (P. Pasolini), Bennijev video 1992. (M. Heneke), Šesto čulo 1996. (M. N. Shamalyan)
• Created on: 2021-12-13 22:59:19