'Paintings as Unheimlich Surveillance'

Activity: Talk or presentationOral presentation

Description

A presentation arguing that the portraits in The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde and Melmoth the Wanderer by Charles Maturin act as an invasion of the home space and a tool for surveillance, drawing on Sigmund Freud's theory of The Uncanny as well as surveillance theory.
Period12 Jun 2024
Event titleInternational Gothic Summer School
Event typeOther