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@proceedings{1725637, author = {Čapek, Jan}, booktitle = {New Pathways in Anglophone Literary and Cultural Studies in Pandemic Times, 20-21 November 2020, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic}, keywords = {literary studies; film analysis; the lighthouse; Robert Eggers; horror film; art film; paranoia; social subjectivity; resentment; guilt; desire}, language = {eng}, title = {A Self-Inflicted Wound : Isolation in The Lighthouse (2019)}, url = {https://english.phil.muni.cz/konference/ostatni-konference/new-pathways-conference-2020}, year = {2020} }
TY - CONF ID - 1725637 AU - Čapek, Jan PY - 2020 TI - A Self-Inflicted Wound : Isolation in The Lighthouse (2019) KW - literary studies KW - film analysis KW - the lighthouse KW - Robert Eggers KW - horror film KW - art film KW - paranoia KW - social subjectivity KW - resentment KW - guilt KW - desire UR - https://english.phil.muni.cz/konference/ostatni-konference/new-pathways-conference-2020 L2 - https://english.phil.muni.cz/konference/ostatni-konference/new-pathways-conference-2020 N2 - Robert Eggers’ 2019 film The Lighthouse tells the story of two men working as lighthouse keepers on an island in the middle of the sea. However, instead of establishing cooperation, a sense of togetherness, or even camaraderie, the two men are faced with tension, frustration, anger, desperation, and suffering. A cursory inspection of their working and living conditions could suggest that they suffer from cabin fever, caused by the isolated nature of the lighthouse. But, as I will propose in my reading of the film, the unravelling of the two “wickies”, the Young played by Robert Pattinson and the Old played by Willem Dafoe, does not happen due to their isolation from the outside world as much as due to their isolation from each other. In my talk, I will focus especially on the Young, a troubled figure haunted by a sense of guilt and unconsciously keeping himself in a vicious circle of resentment, frustration, and violence. And I will discuss how all the suffering unfolding in the course of the plot starts with one simple refusal of a drink. ER -
ČAPEK, Jan. A Self-Inflicted Wound : Isolation in The Lighthouse (2019). In \textit{New Pathways in Anglophone Literary and Cultural Studies in Pandemic Times, 20-21 November 2020, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic}. 2020.
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