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Can the Horror Genre and Scopophilia Co-Exist?, 2003.
The paper examines the effects of women on the horror genre in film.
1,520 words (approx. 6.1 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 50.95
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The paper examines how sex and scopophilia have played a major role in making the horror genre successful, incorporating also the elements of montage and sound. The primary film discussed in the paper is "Silence of the Lambs", but "Psycho" and "The Birds" are used as well.
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"With sex as an added element the suspense is increased. If one scene is of a sexual nature it takes our minds off the horror, therefore when the horror comes back we are surprised, therefore increasing the suspense and horror of the film. This is not the only example of the combination. There are many others that we may refer to demonstrate this point. The film Silence of the Lambs proves that scopophilia of women blends with the elements of the horror genre, while making sure to hold the traditional elements strong throughout the movie."
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Horror Film Genre, 1992.
A comparison of the characters in "Frankenstein" by James Whale and "Terminator" by James Cameron.
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 5 sources, $ 47.95
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"The Genre of Horror Film as Typified by Frankenstein and Terminator
Both James Whale's 1931 film Frankenstein and James Cameron's 1984 film, Terminator were relatively low cost films that were major box-office hits, and both films surprised most people by their success. But when one sees that each film has many of the key elements of the horror genre that date back for more than a century before films began, one sees that their success shouldn't have surprised people so much as what makes both films such classics of the horror genre is the way in which they use these key primal elements of the genre to emotionally effect audiences.
In Cinema of the Fantastic, the author observes that "This theme of the scientists who creates forces he cannot control was..."
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Genres: Horror and Mystery, 2004.
This paper discusses ?The Yellow Wallpaper? by Charlotte Perkins Gilman and ?The Cask of Amontillado? by Edgar Allan Poe as examples of the horror and mystery genres in literature.
1,075 words (approx. 4.3 pages), 2 sources, APA, $ 37.95
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This paper explains that most of the literary works under the horror and mystery genres provide insightful depictions and illustrations of social criticisms that the writers want to critique symbolically or figuratively. The author points out that, while Poe in ?The Cask of Amontillado? uses both themes of insanity and murder in his story, Gilman?s ?The Yellow Wallpaper? effectively uses the protagonist?s downfall to insanity to portray the grotesqueness not only of psychological instability, but also of emotional repression the woman character experiences in the story. The paper reviews various forms of irony that are used in both stories to create the monstrous feeling within the tales and to state the authors? position on social issues.
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"The short story ?The Cask of Amontillado? illustrates both themes of the protagonist?s downfall to insanity and celebration of death through the commitment of murder. The story shows how Poe, through the main character?s (Montresor) narration, behavior, and action, is able to generate fear and the air of mystery, especially in illustrating the shocking narration and illustration of the death of Fortunato, the man Montresor despised and considered as his enemy and competitor."
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The Realist Horror Film, 2006.
This paper examines the horror film genre, also known as realist horror, while focusing on two specific films, "The Blair Witch Project" and "Henry, Portrait of a Serial Killer."
2,818 words (approx. 11.3 pages), 10 sources, MLA, $ 83.95
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This paper analyzes the realist horror genre in film. The realist horror genre was spearheaded by Alfred Hitchcock in his 1960 film "Psycho." Horror films proliferated throughout the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s in Hollywood. Most of these films used comedy to portray killings, veering away from realism. The writer of this paper contends that the realist aspect of actual human killers is enough to leave lingering fears long after the viewing has ended. This paper focuses on this particular style of filmmaking, in which the approach is to focus on the killer rather than victim, resulting in terrifying the viewing audience. This well-researched paper notes the similarities and differences in "The Blair Witch Project" and "Henry, Portrait of a Serial Killer." This paper describes how both films leave the viewer with a lingering thought and fear of the real world. Specifically, fear of the horrific possibilities. "Henry, Portrait of a Serial Killer" is based on real-life serial killer Henry Lee Lucas. The movie follows the daily life of Henry, beginning with aftermath shots of freshly murdered victims juxtaposed with images of Henry. This illustrates to the audience that Henry is indeed a bona-fide serial killer. "The Blair Witch Project" is a far cry from the typical slasher film. It uses an entirely different approach to realist horror. The film is shown as a documentary and the actors are not actors at all, but real victims captured on video.
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"The presentation style changes only during the murder scenes. The pictures are graphic and almost too gory to be real. One woman is seen with a bottle shoved into her throat and the electronics salesman's head goes through a television picture tube - just before the television is plugged in - electrocuting him. Background electric guitar is also present mostly during the build up to a murder. It is not overdone and avoids appearing out of place. Rather, it helps the viewer realize something important in happening. Overall the film does achieve a realism most slasher films cannot approach. This purposeful use of a home-movie style subtly reminds the viewer that the onscreen events are based in truth. Blair Witch takes the realist style one step further by using the camera as a prop in the film. The viewer is constantly reminded that an off-screen character is behind the lens."
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The War Film Genre, 2002.
An examination of the war film genre, which is the most prevalent and often used genre in most films produced in the 21st century.
1,888 words (approx. 7.6 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 60.95
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This paper provides an in-depth analysis of the war film genre, its history and examples of some of the films that have been identified as a war film genre. The writer provides a list of common characteristics of the genre and examines several historical as well as modern war movies -19th century ?Tearing Down the Spanish Flag"; ?The Birth of a Nation? (D. W. Griffith); ?Full Metal Jacket"(Stanley Kubrick) and ?Life is Beautiful? (Roberto Benigni).
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"The war film genre is also referred to as the anti-war film genre, since some of the war films do not only discuss war sentiments, but anti-war sentiments as well. War as a film genre ?often acknowledge the horror and heartbreak of war, letting the actual combat fighting (against nations or humankind) provide the primary plot or background for the action of the film.? Furthermore, war films can also be ?paired? with other film genres, wherein the topic of war can be interspersed with comedy, drama, or romance as a co- or sub-genre of the film. Tim Dirks, in his article about the war film genre, enumerates several characteristics and themes that can often be found in war film genres:"
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The WWII Combat Genre, 2004.
This paper examines Norman Mailer's novel "The Naked and the Dead" in which the author incorporates the symbols, characters and narrative conventions of the WWII combat genre.
2,775 words (approx. 11.1 pages), 2 sources, APA, $ 82.95
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This paper details the introduction and perception of the WWII combat genre in both film and literature. The writer of this paper defines genre as an element consisting of a shared set of rules, symbols and story patterns. In Norman Mailer's novel, "The Naked and the Dead," the author engages the symbols, characters and narrative conventions of the combat genre in a complex dialogue, both enmeshing and reinforcing audience expectations. By tracing the minority character of Martinez in "The Naked and the Dead," one can see how Mailer incorporates the genre in a way that reflects both the unique capacities of the novel as a medium separate from that of film. This paper also expands on Mailer's particular view of film as an inadequate representation of the complexities of war and America. The writer of this paper contends that Mailer's novel must be read in the context of the combat film genre, which was well established in the memory of American audiences by 1948 as a frame of reference for understanding and justifying WWII. This paper clearly details the characteristics of Martinez which fits the conventional stereotype evolved from and established within the genre of the World War II combat film. The writer also discusses the significance of various WWII related films that were released in the 1940s including: "Bataan," "GI Joe" and "Home of the Brave."
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"The multiracial platoon acts as a symbol of democracy, functioning to distinguish Americans from a racist enemy, the Nazis. At the same time, the visual presence of minorities helps to legitimize 'good' racism (racism against the Japanese) by framing it with images of racial integration. Feigning inclusion of minorities is also a propaganda tactic aiming to harness collective support for the war. In Bataan there are four minorities: a Mexican-American, two Philipinos and a black man. The Philipinos are associated with nature; they are implicitly more primitive and closer to the enemy. The Mexican-American is associated with jazz music and a womanizing past, and the black man is associated with spirituality. All four characters die fairly early on in horrible barbaric deaths. In later movies, some or all of these characteristics may be lumped together into composite minority representatives."
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Horror Films, 2003.
Discusses the public's fascination with the horror genre.
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Examines the reasons why horror and vampire stories and films are popular and the visual artistry necessary for outstanding horror films, such as "Dead of the Night" and "Nosferatu."
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"In Heart of Darkness, Joseph Conrad's protagonist's final words are "Oh, the horror! The horror!" This sums up the public's fascination with horror movies. However, "horror was . . .an established literary genre long before Edison turned..."
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Gangster Film Genre, 2008.
An analysis of the historical context of the rise of the gangster film genre in the United States and its development from 1930 to 1960.
1,897 words (approx. 7.6 pages), 9 sources, MLA, $ 60.95
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This paper looks at the history of the gangster film genre in the United States from the 1930s to the 1960s. It specifically looks at the impact that this film genre has had on American society and culture. The paper discusses the historical context of the rise of the gangster film genre and why it appealed to Americans at that time in their history. It gives specific examples of films and characters that fit into this category.
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The Rise of the Gangster Genre
The Postwar World
1960's and Beyond
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"As World War I ended, the 18th Amendment ushered in Prohibition and with it a wave of crime matched only by the drug and gang wars of our own era. Where brewing and distilling were once respectable trades, the importation, production, transportation and sale of alcoholic beverages was taken over by criminals during the 1920s. In big cities like New York or Chicago, headline grabbing mobsters battled for control of this illegal market. Competition among newspapers sensationalized and romanticized the stories of events like the St. Valentine's Day Massacre or the exploits of "Scarface" Al Capone. Our contemporary war on drugs can be seen as a parallel event - both of which run counter to the dominant free market and individual free choice ideology of the United States. Just as ethnic minorities were disproportionately represented as violating prohibition in the 1930s, those portrayed in modern gangster films are disproportionately Latino and Black or immigrant."
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Western Film Genre, 2008.
An analysis of Andre Bazin's "The Western: Or the American Film Par Excellence" in which he analyzes the western filmmaking genre.
777 words (approx. 3.1 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 27.95
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This paper discusses the evolution and success of the western genre of filmmaking. It discusses Andre Bazin's "The Western: Or the American Film Par Excellence" in which he analyzes this genre. It describes Bazin's arguments, as well as his comparison of the western to the courtly romances of the medieval era in their focus on the chaste woman and his comparison of them to the Russian revolutionary genre.
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"To Bazin, the only other modern epic cinema was the Russian revolutionary genre, which had some parallels to the western: both showed a new society undergoing its tumultuous birth pangs, imposing a new order and morality upon a vast canvas of human activity during a fleeting historical moment. Bazin concludes that, like the mythologized history of the Russian revolution, the story of the American west would have been relegated to much lesser international prominence were it not for the power of the moving image to universalize human experience."
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Genre Applications in Education, 2008.
This paper argues for the balance of normative and adaptive applications of genre for teacher/scholar educational standards.
1,116 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 38.95
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In this article, the writer analyzes the basis for genre standardizations that would include both a normative approach and adaptive approach in educational research and application. The writer notes that by realizing the importance of normative genres in language studies, students can better understand how to categorize various issues in writing. However, the writer maintains that these normative standards cannot be so heavily relied upon that they deny new genres of significant importance. In essence, the writer argues that a balanced approach to normative and adaptive genre applications must be adhered to in an effective writing criterion for modern educational perspectives.
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"Critics of normative genre approaches in writing provide important arguments that explain why genre studies norms must be provide a form of standardization that must be adhered to. The premise of normative standards is only providing an outline for the growingly diverse set of genre studies that have arisen in the new globalized community. Many more cultural norms and values are being expressed, which reestablish the normative ways in which people think and write. However, the premise of normative genre values is essential for various cultures to establish their cultural identity, which provides the foundation in which to understand other cultures and genre-based evaluations. This perspective is helping teachers to understand the complexities of genre studies. Devitt defines this critical stance in educational standards that is important to realizing why genre categorizations can be dangerous to effective critical thinking, yet they are needed to establish a basis for localized identity issues for the educational scholar.."
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Culture, Genre and the Construction of Love in Comparative Literature, 2002.
A look at the themes of culture, genre and the construction of love in "Waiting for Godot" by Samuel Beckett, "The Rez Sisters" Tomson Highway and "Things Fall Apart" by Chinua Achebe.
3,150 words (approx. 12.6 pages), 3 sources, $ 115.95
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This essay will argue that there are different kinds of love endorsed and criticized in each text. In general these may be grouped into two categories: (1) love for one's fellow human being; and (2) love for something transcendent of the individual, whether it be a community/culture or a deity. As will be seen, the generic conventions of drama limit the expression of meaning to characters' words and actions. However, both Beckett and Highway stretch the boundaries of convention in their dramas which, by flouting the conventional realism of the dramatic genre, permit the exploration of complex representations of love. In contrast, it may be argued that Achebe remains more within the conventions of his genre than Beckett and Highway in theirs. This is not a weakness, however, in that the novel form allows Achebe to represent human character and motivation - in terms of the manifestation of love - on levels that the dramatic genre cannot.
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The Gangster Movie Genre, 2002.
An analysis of "The Godfather" films as examples of the gangster movie genre.
2,155 words (approx. 8.6 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 67.95
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This paper discusses the gangster movie genre in film and how "The Godfather" and "Godfather Three" are representative of this genre. The gangster world and its history are presented and an overview of the films given. Examples from the movies that illustrate characteristics of the genre are provided.
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"Film productions often mimic real life. It is what allows them to be placed into genre categories. Genres in the movies are very much like genres in the world of literature. There are romance genres, history genres and others that depict the type of movie that the film falls under. One genre waxes and wanes in its popularity. The gangster genre is one in which many movies have been made and they are classified as gangster genre by the characters attitudes, the events and the historical context of the movie plot. Two very classic gangster genre films are The Godfather and The Godfather Part Three. Critics have admired as well as panned these movies depending on the critics taste and film desires, however they all agree that they are classic illustrations of the gangster genre."
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The Short Story as Genre, 2006.
A paper looking at whether short stories can be categorized as a genre.
4,006 words (approx. 16.0 pages), 8 sources, MLA, $ 108.95
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This paper discusses the various definitions of short stories that have been put forth over time by authors and experts in the field of literature and considers whether these definitions adequately prove that the short story can be considered a genre. The paper discusses the features of a short story that these authors and experts describe but concludes that, after all is said and done, there is no definitive feature of a short story that puts it in a genre by itself.
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"A standard definition would allow readers to distinguish the short-story genre from a multiplicity of other genres. Additionally, the definition would enable readers to recognize similarities between genres: tragedy, the essay, the sonnet, but also verse narratives, so-called natural narratives, myths, jokes, anecdotes, or news stories, novels, short novels, annals, long stories, scientific reports, and plot summaries. Still, no such definition seems to exist."
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New Genre Public Art and Social Policies, 2006.
A review of the history of new genre public art encompassing various social issues.
972 words (approx. 3.9 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 34.95
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This paper reviews and discusses new genre public art, which developed as a result of artists becoming interested in addressing social issues and changes through their artistic endeavors. The paper concludes by discussing how new genre public art has come to encompass various social issues over the years including racism, violence against women, AIDS and environmental damage.
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"Starting in 1974, the NEA began encouraging artists to develop artwork that was representative of the physical site on which it stood. This led to artists' differentiation between "public art" and "art in public places". "Public art" referred to sculptures occupying a public space that glorified one version of national history adhered to by members of the socially dominant group in society. The "cannon in the park" phenomena is an example of such art, in which America's military might and glory celebrated by its privileged members of society was put on artistic display in public spaces such as parks, plazas, shopping malls, and so on. In contrast to this, "art in public places" referred to artwork that sought to bring attention to the physical, visual, historical, and social properties of a particular site. This type of public art led to its burgeoning use in the seventies towards promoting social and historical concerns of groups traditionally under-represented in the art world, such as women and minorities."
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Challenging a Genre, 2005.
A review of Jean Rhys's 'Wide Sargasso Sea' and George Bernard Shaw's 'Pygmalion' as works that cleverly challenge the genre in which they are classified.
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 2 sources, $ 53.95
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'Wide Sargasso Sea' by Jean Rhys and 'Pygmalion' by George Bernard Shaw are both excellent examples of this literary phenomenon of challenging audience assumptions about genre. The former is an example of prose fiction while the latter is an example of theatrical drama. While both possess many of the overarching, superficial characteristics of each genre, both Shaw and Rhys manipulated their work so as to challenge their respective audiences.
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"Works that challenge our expectations are not nearly as common as some readers and critics might imagine. It is more difficult to challenge the basic presumptions of a given genre that one might think. After all, in order to even be considered part of a given genre, a piece of literature must conform to some of the standards that make up that genre. Prose fiction cannot comfortably be called prose fiction if it is written wholly in stanzas. That would break too many genre barriers for critics to easily be able to evaluate the work as a part of any genre. As a consequence, it takes an adept author to create a literary work that is recognizable as belonging to one genre or another and yet which simultaneously challenges the expectations of critics and readers alike. Nonetheless, this task can be accomplished."
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