Honors Projects
Abstract
This project is concerned with understanding the different ways in which Carmilla (1872), a gothic novella, and it’s 2014 web series adaptation differently approach the same basic narrative, especially with regards to their respective representations of individuals who identify as sexual and gender minorities. One of the major functions of importance in this study was to understand the temporality and cultural conditions, which lead to the perceived need for a postmodern adaptation of a pre-modernist text. Through textual analysis, the author compared J. Sheridan Le Fanu's Carmilla (1872) to Jordan Hall's adaptation (2014). In this analysis, significant differences existed between the original text and the adaptation of Carmilla. This paper argues that with an understanding of media erotics and queer narrative theory, critical audiences can better identify the arguments media creators make about the nature of queerness and marginalized identity within the media products they consume. Implications for further research include the recognition of Carmilla (2014) as an example for the ways in which media representations of queerness are changing, as well as a call for further research on the current state of queer representations in more mainstream media outlets.
Department
Communication
Major
Communication
First Advisor
Sandra Faulkner
First Advisor Department
Communication
Second Advisor
Julie Haught
Second Advisor Department
English
Publication Date
Spring 5-1-2017
Repository Citation
Wait, Rebecca, "Media Erotics & Adaptation: A Comparative Textual Analysis of Carmilla" (2017). Honors Projects. 239.
https://scholarworks.bgsu.edu/honorsprojects/239
Included in
Critical and Cultural Studies Commons, Gender, Race, Sexuality, and Ethnicity in Communication Commons, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Studies Commons, Other Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Commons, Other Film and Media Studies Commons, Women's Studies Commons