Reorienting the gazeMonstrous bodies in remediations of Frankenstein

  1. Borham-Puyal , Miriam 1
  1. 1 Universidad de Salamanca
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    Universidad de Salamanca

    Salamanca, España

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Revista:
Atlantis: Revista de la Asociación Española de Estudios Anglo-Norteamericanos

ISSN: 0210-6124

Año de publicación: 2023

Volumen: 45

Número: 1

Páginas: 17-36

Tipo: Artículo

DOI: 10.28914/ATLANTIS-2023-45.1.02 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openDialnet editor

Otras publicaciones en: Atlantis: Revista de la Asociación Española de Estudios Anglo-Norteamericanos

Resumen

Las adaptaciones visuales del mito de Frankenstein resaltan el ocularcentrismo y poder escópico dentro del mismo. A través de consideraciones en torno a la mirada, este artículo analiza remediaciones de la obra de Mary Shelley y presenta la forma en que las narrativas visuales enmarcan cuerpos potencialmente monstruosos para asimilar o cuestionar la visión tradicional privilegiada y su construcción de la otredad, y para re-orientar a la audiencia hacia el reconocimiento o el distanciamiento de los monstruos en pantalla. Se tratarán ejemplos relevantes como el Frankenstein de Edison, la serie de YouTube Frankenstein M.D., las remediaciones icónicas de Whale y Branagh, así como las menos conocidas Murders of the Rue Morgue y Frankenhooker. En última instancia, reivindicará que las remediaciones son capaces de legitimar o subvertir el imaginario colectivo concerniente a la otredad y a quién ostenta el poder visual y narrativo.

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