There is Wonder Here: An Analysis of Snow, Ice, and the Arctic through Ecofeminism, Monsters, and Affect
Author
Nielsen, Christian Birk
Term
4. term
Education
Publication year
2020
Pages
45
Abstract
Dette speciale undersøger seks værker—The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (1950), Frozen (2013), His Dark Materials (2019), Wind River (2017), The Terror (2018) og The Revenant (2015)—for at forstå, hvad is, sne og Arktis betyder i fortællinger. Analysen omfatter både konkrete kolde landskaber og symbolske former som isbjørne eller 'kolde' karaktertræk. Med økofeminisme (Val Plumwood og Anna Bedford) som ramme udfordres enten-eller-tænkning, der lægges vægt på omsorgsetik, og der spørges, hvordan skrivning kan rette uret; med affektteori (Rødje) undersøges, hvordan billeder som blod vækker følelser; og med monsteteorier (Cohen) læses monstre som kulturelle spejle. Undersøgelsen viser, at is, sne og arktiske motiver ofte bryder med kønsarketyper og stereotyper, understøtter klimafokuserede, aktivistiske budskaber og fastholder opmærksomheden gennem stærke visuelle scener.
This thesis examines six works—The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (1950), Frozen (2013), His Dark Materials (2019), Wind River (2017), The Terror (2018), and The Revenant (2015)—to understand what ice, snow, and the Arctic mean in fiction. It considers both literal cold landscapes and symbolic forms, such as polar bears or 'cold' personality traits. Drawing on ecofeminism (Val Plumwood and Anna Bedford) to challenge either/or thinking, emphasize an ethics of care, and ask how writing can address injustice; on affect theory (Rødje) to explore how images like blood stir feelings; and on monster theory (Cohen) to read monsters as cultural mirrors, the study traces the roles played by icy settings and symbols. It finds that ice, snow, and Arctic imagery often break gender archetypes and stereotypes, support climate-focused activist messages, and command attention through powerful, visually driven scenes.
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