Cosmic Horror in Media.
ANSWER
Examining the Cosmic Horror in H.P. Lovecraft’s “The Call of Cthulhu” and How It Has Influenced Modern Media
Introduction
Introduce the idea of cosmic horror briefly.
Describe the genre’s importance of H.P. Lovecraft.
Give an overview of the study’s findings, including how Lovecraft’s cosmic horror has inspired modern media and how it relates to the course’s concepts of the bizarre, the fantastic, the absurd, and the sublime.
Cosmic Horror in “The Call of Cthulhu”
Give a thorough evaluation of Lovecraft’s “The Call of Cthulhu.”
Describe how Lovecraft uses his narrative technique, themes, and characters to evoke a sense of cosmic terror.
Describe the story’s peculiar, fantastical, irrational, and sublime components in detail.
Section 2: Lovecraft’s Contributions
Examine how Lovecraft’s writing influenced later generations of authors and artists.
Talk about the Lovecraftian mythos notion and how it has been developed.
Examine how Lovecraft’s cosmic concepts shaped the emergence of the strange and spooky in literature and culture.
Section 3: Cosmic Horror in Modern Media
Look for examples of modern fiction, cinema, television, or video games that have Lovecraftian characteristics.
Examine the ways in which these pieces reinterpret or modify cosmic terror for contemporary readers.
Talk about the manner in which these modern stories employ the strange, bizarre, and sublime.
Theoretical Frameworks in Section 4
Introduce pertinent theoretical frameworks that are drawn from the course readings and that serve to explain why cosmic terror is present in media.
Describe how the study of Lovecraft’s writing and its influence might use ideas like the spooky, the sublime, or the irreal.
Conclusion
Write a summary of your analysis’ main conclusions.
Consider how cosmic terror continues to be relevant in modern media.
Stress the significance of Lovecraft’s contributions to the genre and his influence on the concepts of the strange, the bizarre, the irreal, the sublime, and the eerie that are covered throughout the course.
References
Include readings from the course and any other research resources you used in your list of sources.
Do thorough study on the media items you choose, make use of pertinent theoretical frameworks, and offer your own unique observations and interpretations. This method ought to assist you in producing an interesting and theoretically sound research essay that is consistent with the course’s themes and your own interests.
QUESTION
Description
This research essay is fairly open-ended; you may choose any media object(s) you like, as long as you are engaging centrally with some of our course’s ideas about the weird, the fantastic, the irreal, the sublime, the eerie, the cosmic, etc. Likewise, you may choose any theoretical focus or historical moment; our course readings are a good place to start, but as the requirements below illustrate, you must go beyond them as well, bringing your own research into your paper. You may deal with a single text, or you may compare and contrast two, maybe three different texts; I wouldn’t recommend trying to tackle more than that in a paper of this length. Above all, I want to see you write about what you are interested in, and I want to see original, creative, and theoretically grounded ideas.