Categories: All - horror - archetypes - psychology - narrative

by Nurto Abubeker Abdulahi 4 years ago

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Horror Genre

Horror as a genre is deeply intertwined with various archetypes, both in its settings and character portrayals. Common settings like dark, ominous forests often serve as a backdrop for plot archetypes where characters face and overcome monstrous threats.

Horror Genre

Horror Genre

Short Stories

I Am the Doorway
Provide a description for only the story you read
The Tell Tale Heart
The Lottery
concerns the dangers of blindly following traditions.

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Archetypes

The forest
Character Archetype
The survivor
Setting Archetype
Definition of setting archetype

A dangerous lonely grey place

Over coming the monster
Plot Archetype
Definition of plot archetype

Example

The Psychology of Horror

Physiology of Fear
This theory believes that people are drawn to horror because...
Stephen King on Fear
King believed that people are drawn to horror because....
Sigmund Freud

Freud believed that people are drawn to horror because of catharsis. Catharsis mean....

Film vs. Print in Horror

Your reflection
Books give more in depth in the story while film give the Important things and adds the scenes (gore) and also the audio, books can twist your mind while can give you the experience.

Narrative POV

Third Person Omniscient
Third Person Limited
Second Person
First Person
Describe

As if you were the character and is experiencing everything used pronouns "I" or "we".

Reading Strategies

Skimming
This is when....

Reading fast to understand the text and be able to move to another text faster.

Visualizing
This is when...

Able to imagine how the setting and characters could be.

Sub-genres in Horror

Psychological

Mix with the thoughts or mental health of characters.

Fantasy

Fictional setting or fictional characters.

Moral Allegory
Description