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Nagarkoti 6

Sangita Nagarkoti

Professor Burns

Eng. 1302. 71019

22 November 2017

Abstract

Horror is a feeling of terror and fear which has become one of the popular genre in fiction. People believe that horror has a very interesting relationship with literature as a genre. Horror movies contain the spiritual elements which seem to capitalize on the human feeling of terror. Horror movies aim to induce fears, terror, dread, and nightmares of the viewers. So, this paper will focus on the topic horror literature and discuss some of the issues of horror literature how these bothers or affects the society.

There are many social issues in our society which we can relate them to some of the elements of horror literature. So, in this paper, we will focus on feminism and Marxism which are one of the fundamental issues prevalent in our society. This paper will discuss how these issues are depicted in horror literature. Feminism is the process of advocating for the rights of women based on social, economic and political equality compared to men. Marxism is the theory to form a basis for theory and practice of communism. This system usually categorizes the people of the society based on their socioeconomic condition. The people who have high income and high social standards are known as high-class people. So, we will be arguing on the issues that how horror literature affects the women, their rights and the level of people living in the society. The arguments will include both the positive effects and negative impacts on the society whether they are helping to uplift the subject matter or degrade it. Similarly, this paper will be discussing on pacifism and masculinity. Pacifism refers to the opposition of violence and war to settle the disputes. Masculinity is related to male members of the society who are the key members of the society. The issues like keeping the male members always in the superior position and trying to dominate women will be discussed in the paper.

Thus, this paper will be mainly arguing on these four issues of the society, i.e., feminism, Marxism, pacifism, and masculinity. This paper will focus on the role of these issues and how they are being affected by the inclusion of these subject matters in the horror movies.

Annotated Bibliography:

Breugelmans, R. "Horror Literature in the Low Countries." Quaerendo, vol. 30, no. 2, June 2000, p. 169. EBSCOhost, dcccd.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com.dcccd.idm.oclc.org/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=5785422&site=ehost-live.

Horror literature has developed thoroughly. Similarly, the types of horror literature and the ways of their presentation differs based on the people and the country. So, this article provides the knowledge about the revolution of the horror as literature and their status in different countries like Netherlands.

So, this article will support the argument of Marxism in my paper. It will help to explain how the horror literature and its impacts have been affecting the people and the country of different standards and levels.

Zwissler, Laurel. "Witches' Tears: Spiritual Feminism, Epistemology, and Witch Hunt Horror Stories." Pomegranate, vol. 18, no. 2, July 2016, pp. 176-204. EBSCOhost, doi:10.1558/pome.v18i2.29886.

Feminism is a strong subject matter which might have enormous influence on people. This article has the thesis statement as the influence of feminism on the people through the spiritual horror movies. The women who are addressed as witches are shown very powerful and dominating in the movies.

One of my main argument in the paper is feminism. So, this article has explained the power and strength of women. The statements present in the article strongly supports my arguments and supports women empowerment and strength.

"Challenging Convictions: Indigenous and Black Race-Radical Feminists Theorizing the Carceral State and Abolitionist Praxis in the United States and Canada." Meridians: Feminism, Race, Transnationalism, vol. 15, no. 1, July 2017, pp. 137-165. EBSCOhost, dcccd.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com.dcccd.idm.oclc.org/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=121977026&site=ehost-live.

Racial discrimination is still prevalent in our society. Racial discrimination also affects the advocacy and role of women in the society. The white women are behaved in a respected behavior while the black women are behaved in a quite degraded way. So, this article supports the indigenous and black women supporting feminism.

From this article, I get the more supporting point for my argument of feminism. It makes my argument stronger by explaining the examples of black women.

Siegel, Mona L. "Feminism, Pacifism and Political Violence in Europe and China in the Era of the World Wars." Gender & History, vol. 28, no. 3, Nov. 2016, pp. 641-659. EBSCOhost, doi:10.1111/1468-0424.12243.

This article supports the modern issues of the society like feminism, pacifism, and political violence. It explains the impacts of those elements in the developed countries like Europe and China during the period of wars.

So, this will help to support my argument of pacifism as well as feminism. As mentioned before, this article provides supporting points for my paper to prove the impact of the theory of communism spread through horror movies.

Hartson, Mary T. "Voracious Vampires and Other Monsters: Masculinity and the Terror Genre in Spanish Cinema of the Transición." Romance Notes, vol. 55, no. 1, Jan. 2015, pp. 125-136. EBSCOhost, doi:10.1353/rmc.2015.0010.

Not only the female members but in some horror movies, male members are also characterized as a lead of the horror movies having much power. This article explains the masculinity of the horror films and shows the importance of them in our society.

This article will be enhancing my argument of masculinity in the society. It explains the power and superiority of the male members of our society.

Heinecken, Dawn. "Haunting Masculinity and Frightening Femininity: The Novels of John Bellairs." Children's Literature in Education, vol. 42, no. 2, June 2011, pp. 118-131. EBSCOhost, doi:10.1007/s10583-010-9127-7.

This article combines both feminism and masculinity. It describes that male are superior to women and women are behaved less than them. So, there is a clear discrimination shown between men and women in some of the horror movies.

The main argument of my paper is the difference between men and women. This article supports my argument by showing the comparison of them in the movies.

Nesterik, Ella V. and Maiya A. Kazbekova. "Supernatural Horror in English Literature and Means of It Realization." European Researcher, vol. 86, no. 11-1, Nov. 2014, pp. 1944-1949. EBSCOhost, doi:10.13187/er.2014.86.1944.

This article describes the realization of the need for supernatural power in horror. It makes the horror movies extraordinary. The global requirement of supernatural as a need on horror literary is proven by the research also.

The thesis statement of this article helps my paper to go more detailly on the topic horror as literature. It helps to provide evidence why the supernatural is important in horror.

"The 'Horror' of African Spirituality." Research in African Literatures, vol. 48, no. 2, Summer2017, pp. 22-36. EBSCOhost, doi:10.2979/reseafrilite.48.2.03.

This article has the explanation for all the issues of horror movies like feminism, racism, and pacifism. It explains these things through the medium of African spirits and women. It explains that all the issues are related to each other in a way,

Thus, this article provides supporting evidences for all my arguments in the paper. It discusses about feminism, racism, pacifism, and Marxism.

Work cited:

Zwissler, Laurel. "Witches' Tears: Spiritual Feminism, Epistemology, and Witch Hunt Horror Stories." Pomegranate, vol. 18, no. 2, July 2016, pp. 176-204. EBSCOhost, doi:10.1558/pome.v18i2.29886.

"The 'Horror' of African Spirituality." Research in African Literatures, vol. 48, no. 2, Summer2017, pp. 22-36. EBSCOhost, doi:10.2979/reseafrilite.48.2.03.