Tag: digital gothic
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the digital gothic II: madwomen in the attic
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adding to my theory of the digital gothic, i examine the trope of the madwoman in the attic through the figure of olympia in e. t. hoffman’s “the sandman” (1817) and alex garland’s “ex machina” (2014)
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the digital gothic I: when the ghost is a machine
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a study of the digital gothic in black mirror’s “be right back” (2013) and alex garland’s “ex machina” (2014) portray elements of the traditional gothic embued with modern aspects, which maintain the genre ever-relevant in our age.