Showing posts with label Carrie. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Carrie. Show all posts
Thursday, July 30, 2020

Secret Motivations

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 Copyright 2020 by Gary L. Pullman Often, in horror stories and films, a secret, past or present, drives and directs protagonists'...
Saturday, September 29, 2018

The Effects of Loss as a Paradigm of Literary Criticism for Horror Fiction

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Copyright 2018 by Gary L. Pullman Horror fiction is a literature of loss. The losses, of course, are significant: no one has ever writ...
Friday, August 24, 2018

Horror Fiction: The Appeal of the Need for Autonomy

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Copyright 2018 by Gary L. Pullman The need for autonomy is the need for personal independence, the need to direct one's own ...
Tuesday, August 14, 2018

Horror Fiction: The Appeal of the Need for Affiliation

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Copyright 2018 by Gary L. Pullman Stephen King 's novels are prime examples of horror fiction that appeals to readers' ne...
Saturday, June 9, 2018

Home Sweet Home, or The End of Writer's Block

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Copyright 2018 by Gary L. Pullman For most of us, home is _________________. We can fill in the blank with a variety of thoughts and ...
Monday, September 23, 2013

Ambrose Bierce: A New Hope for Horror Fiction?

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Copyright 2018 by Gary L. Pullman Like other literary genres, horror becomes, sooner or later, more lulling than chilling. The same for...
Wednesday, February 17, 2010

Discerning Meaning, or The Theme of the Story

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Copyright 2010 by Gary L. Pullman One of the skills that we learn fairly early in our academic careers is how to spot the key idea of a pass...
Friday, October 30, 2009

Comings and Goings: Encountering Danger and Destiny

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There are only two ways by which a protagonist may encounter an antagonist. Either the main character must go to the villain or the bad guy ...
Tuesday, June 2, 2009

The Monster’s Lair: Setting As Psychology

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Copyright 2009 by Gary L. Pullman The monster’s lair is the antithesis of home sweet home. It is the home turned inside out and upside down....
Sunday, November 23, 2008

Secondary Antagonists

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copyright 2008 by Gary L. Pullman Some stories have a main antagonist and one or more lesser, secondary antagonists. The television series B...