Autore
Fuchs, Michael

Titolo
Hauntings: Uncanny Doubling in Alan Wake and Supernatural
Periodico
Textus
Anno: 2012 - Volume: 25 - Fascicolo: 3 - Pagina iniziale: 63 - Pagina finale: 74

Doubles are everywhere in Gothic narratives. The transmedia universessurrounding the television series Supernatural and the videogame AlanWake are no different. However, rather than focusing on how, for example,characters are haunted by their pasts, the present essay zeroes in on doublescreated by the transgression of medial boundaries. Special attention is givento how the television show and the video game are burdened by the historyof the genre and how doubles emerge from the transmedia narrativessurrounding these contemporary Gothic texts. In the process, it becomesevident that Supernatural and Alan Wake do not merely draw attentionto the present absence inherent in any representation, but, moreover,highlight the constant attempts by the media to not merely replicate, butreplace reality.



SICI: 1824-3967(2012)25:3<63:HUDIAW>2.0.ZU;2-H
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