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T1 Gothic Nature in Fantasy Fiction: The White Walkers as Dreadful Agents of Nature in Game of Thrones
T2 Naturaleza gótica y fantasía: los caminantes blancos como agentes del miedo de la naturaleza en Juego de tronos
A1 Walder, Aylin
K1 Game of Thrones
K1 White Walkers
K1 Gothic Nature
K1 Transcorporeality
K1 Hyperobject
AB By applying Elizabeth Parker’s seven theses (2020) to Game of Thrones as the keys to identify-ing Gothicised spaces, I assert that the icy and eerie environment north of the Wall manifestsas Gothic Nature insofar as it fulfills all seven ways in which nature can become a Gothicthreat: the northern space represents a hostile environment, associated with a postcolonialpast, and connected to the human unconscious. The second part focuses on the creation ofthe White Walkers as Nature’s agents and their portrayal as dreadful entanglements that alter(non)human life. Introducing the notion of transcorporeality, the dualism human/nonhumanis deconstructed –since the White Walkers aren’t naturally born but created out of sacrificedhuman babies. The White Walkers and their army become one singular monstrous hyperobjectthat foregrounds how humanity is “at the mercy of larger forces of nature” (Smith and Hughes2013, 6). The story reflects our responsibility for climate change. Following Gothic tradition,the dark ecology (Morton 2016) in the saga blurs “the lines between the terror sublime and theuncanny” (Tibbetts 2011, 5), thereby, the agency of Gothicised Nature is foregrounded andthe White Walkers are established as mirrors for our anxieties about the future of our planet.
PB Servicio de Publicaciones, Universidad de La Laguna
SN e-2530-8335
YR 2024
FD 2024
LK http://riull.ull.es/xmlui/handle/915/39780
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DS Repositorio institucional de la Universidad de La Laguna
RD 22-dic-2024