Proof of Concept

By Katie Lima
30 / 01 / 2017

Proposed Dissertation Enquiry

CULTURAL DIFFERENCES IN HORROR

Proposed Chapter 3 Case Study

THE SILENT HILL FRANCHISE

Key Themes / Ideas

CULTURAL DIFFERENCES, CULTURES AFFECTS ON MEDIA,

Proposed Theorectical Frameworks & their theorists

JULIA KRISTEVA THE ABJECT, SIGMUND FREUD SEXUAL SYMBOLISM,

STANLEY RACHMAN- FEARS,

5 BIG BOOKS

1.. tHE book of yokai Michael dylan foster

2. Horror Brigid cherry
3. powers of horror Julia Kristeva
4. The Standard Edition of the complete psychological works of Sigmund Freud
5. Japanese and American Horror- Katarzyna Marak

3 USEFUL JOURNAL ARTICLES

1. Horror and the monstrous-feminine | Barbara Creed

2. Visual Aesthetics and Ways of Seeing:
Comparing Ringu and The Ring- Valerie Wee
3. The Conditioning Theory of Fear- Acquisition: A Critical Examination- Stanley
Rachman

2 USEFUL WEBSITES

1. www. Silenthillmemories.net
2. http:/ www.polygon.com/2012/11/23/3679204/silent-hill-book-ofmemories-review-revisionist-history

1 USEFUL DOCUMENTARY

1. The real silent hill experience

3 KEY IMAGES

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