![]() ![]() ![]() There is no significant difference in the films' rendering of the uncanny through narrative. ![]() ![]() Within the narrative of both films, the uncanny is manifested through extended use of the doppelganger and repetition. Furthermore, I have explored the social, historical, and cultural underpinnings of Suzuki's original novel and its path to Japanese and eventually American theatres. Through a brief exploration of the historical evolution of the idea of the uncanny and the various critical cruxes surrounding it, I have developed six working characteristics of the uncanny as a base for my analysis of Ringu and Ring. This thesis explores a contemporary definition of the uncanny as manifested through two film interpretations (Ringu and Ring) of the same source material, a novel titled Ringu by Koji Suzuki. The uncanny is a ubiquitous presence 21st century American and abroad, and it provides a useful metaphor for understanding the implications of some of the conventions of post-modernism. In the last few decades, interest in the uncanny in the body of literary theory has surged. Show simple item record dc.contributor.advisor ![]()
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