![]() ![]() 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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