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Visualising the Fantastique: a cognitive literary approach

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This thesis uses a cognitive literary framework and an experiment to investigate how nineteenth-century fantastique texts are visualised by the present-day reader. Numerous researchers (Schneider 1985, Castex 1956, Cumminskey 1992, Baronian 1978, Brown 1996) have discussed the history and concept of the fantastique. However, it seems to be commonly agreed that it is a challenge to define what is unique about the fantastique, particularly in relation to similar genres such as horror. Tzveta...

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
HUMS
Department:
Medieval & Modern Languages Faculty
Sub department:
French
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University of Oxford
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University of Oxford
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HUMS
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0000-0003-1628-1700


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DPhil
Level of award:
Doctoral
Awarding institution:
University of Oxford

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