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Seas, Kristen. "The Post-Oedipal Desire for the Superhero Narrative in M. Night Shyamalan’s Unbreakable." Extrapolation 53. (2012): 25–43. Added by: joachim (1/25/13, 4:38 PM) |
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| Resource type: Journal Article Language: en: English Peer reviewed DOI: 10.3828/extr.2012.3 BibTeX citation key: Seas2012 Email resource to friend View all bibliographic details  |
Categories: General Keywords: "Unbreakable", Film, Psychoanalysis, Randformen des Comics, Shyamalan. M. Night, Superhero, USA Creators: Seas Collection: Extrapolation |
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M. Night Shyalamans Unbreakable may have departed too far from superhero film conventions to be successful in the box office, but the film nonetheless foregrounds why the superhero narrative itself carries such profound psychological appeal. Rather than relying on special effects and high action to merely replicate traditional comic book stories, Shyamalan juxtaposes self-reflexive discussions about the superhero mythos against a much more subtle diegesis that ultimately bears out that same fantastic narrative. In doing so, the film not only complicates the genre of the superhero film but offers a necessary reflection on the psychological significance of the superhero mythos and its promise of ideological stability for fractured, post-Oedipal subjects.
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