Bad Blood: The Cost of Sexual Curiosity in Archetypal Tales

Autor:	Susanne Kord
Rok vydání:	2009
Předmět:	Literature Linguistics and Language History Literature and Literary Theory business.industry media_common.quotation_subject Vampire Human sexuality Language and Linguistics Motif (narrative) Sexual curiosity Curiosity business media_common
Zdroj:	Oxford German Studies. 38:203-217
ISSN:	1745-9214 0078-7191
Popis:	The article examines the motif of the sexual curiosity of pubescent girls in two archetypal tales, the horror film Carrie (1976) and the fairy tale 'Sneewittchen' (1812). Taking a brief detour through early nineteenth-century vampire literature, it investigates the hazards of sexuality, the significance of violence and the meaning of monsters. It illustrates not only the cost of sexual curiosity for the characters under discussion, but also reflects on our own apparently insatiable curiosity about tales of terror.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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