���As Soon As Ever She Died, the Hauntings Began���: Revisiting the Victorian Fallen Woman as a Gothic Archetype in Susan Hill���s The Woman in Black
| Autor: | Miquel-Baldellou, Marta |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
| DOI: | 10.26262/exna.v0i5.8499 |
| Popis: | From the perspective of Neo-Victorian studies, it can be claimed that the character of the Woman in Black in Susan Hill���s eponymous novel, published in 1983, is based on Victorian portrayals of the myth of ���the fallen woman.��� These Victorian representations often highlight mythemes pertaining to Gothic archetypes, such as the ghost, the vampire, the madwoman and the witch, giving evidence of the association between ���the fallen woman��� and Kristeva���s notion of the abject, which involves the feeling of subjective horror upon the blurring of what is self and what is other. Hill���s reinterpretation of the myth of ���the fallen woman��� recaptures Gothic mythemes pervading Victorian representations, but, in contrast with most of these Victorian portrayals, the Woman in Black arises as an actual Gothic archetype insofar as she is a female ghost who is brought back to life to vindicate herself and perpetuate her haunting existence. This article aims at analyzing the intertextuality existing between Hill���s portrayal of the Woman in Black and Victorian representations of ���the fallen woman��� which resort to Gothic mythemes, with the purpose of identifying Hill���s own contribution to reinterpret and update this Victorian myth. Ex-centric Narratives: Journal of Anglophone Literature, Culture and Media, No 5 (2021): Religion, Mobilities and Belongings & Other Essays |
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