Jones, Steve (2012) Video Nasty: the moral apocalypse in Koji Suzuki's Ring. Lit: Literature Interpretation Theory, 23 (3). pp. 212-225. ISSN 1043-6928
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Abstract
Although overshadowed by its filmic adaptations (Hideo Nakata, 1998 and Gore Verbinski, 2002), Koji Suzuki’s novel Ring (1991) is at the heart of the international explosion of interest in Japanese horror. This article seeks to explore Suzuki’s overlooked text. Unlike the film versions, the novel is more explicitly focused on the line between self-preservation and self-sacrifice, critiquing the ease with which the former is privileged over the latter. In the novel then, the horror of Sadako’s curse raises questions about the terrors of moral obligation: the lead protagonist (Asakawa) projects the guilt he feels over his self-interested actions, envisaging them as an all-consuming apocalypse.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Subjects: | P300 Media studies Q300 English studies |
| Department: | Faculties > Arts, Design and Social Sciences > Design |
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| Depositing User: | Steve Jones |
| Date Deposited: | 29 Nov 2012 09:46 |
| Last Modified: | 17 Dec 2023 13:47 |
| URI: | https://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/10442 |
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