Psycho: representation of fear

Authors

  • Thainá Soares Reis Universidade do Estado da Bahia

Keywords:

Psycho, Representation of fear, Horror literature

Abstract

Psycho is thought as being a great achievement produced by the master of thriller, as he was recognized, Alfred Hitchcock (1899-1980). What a few people do know is that it was, indeed, Robert Bloch, the responsible for the creation of a distraught and mysterious mind considered nowadays as one of the most famous on literature: Norman Bates. In these terms, this article shall discuss the aspects of the horror literature that allows the reader to get in contact with what is not conventional on narratives, but it is part of each one of us: fear. Moreover, it is intended to outline, basing on theoretical foundations, the emergence and rise of this genre to, comprehend the reason why the horror literature, that should cause repulse, attracts thousands of readers and TV viewers, acquiring even more prestige nowadays. To perform a comparative analysis, between the homonyms constructions, this study appropriates itself on a methodological bibliographical documental basis, by contextual readings.

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Author Biography

Thainá Soares Reis, Universidade do Estado da Bahia

Graduanda em Letras com Língua Inglesa e Literaturas pela Universidade do Estado da Bahia sob a orientação do Prof. Dr. Manoel Barreto Júnior.

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Published

2018-01-31

How to Cite

REIS, T. S. Psycho: representation of fear . Babel: Revista Eletrônica de Línguas e Literaturas Estrangeiras, Alagoinhas, BA, v. 7, n. 2, p. 15–24, 2018. Disponível em: https://revistas.uneb.br/index.php/babel/article/view/3894. Acesso em: 20 may. 2024.

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