Detachment: melancholia through unconventional time in The Hours (2002) and Melancholia (2011)
Year: 2018
Type: dissertation
Abstract: In this thesis I will research the way in which Melancholia and The Hours use unconventional notions of time in order to construct an experience of melancholia which provokes certain views on melancholia. In order to do this, I will first establish what melancholia has meant over the centuries and how it is perceived today. I will also distinguish melancholia from mourning by using Sigmund Freud’s text on ‘Mourning and Melancholia’. Additionally, I will argue how illnesses are used in the arts in order to introduce a character with a certain personality. Later, I will accumulate onto the two films, whereof first The Hours and then Melancholia, specifically focusing on how the state of melancholia is expressed through the unconventional use of time.
Author: Albert Jansen
Language: English
Topic: Cinema History and Criticism
Subfield: Visual Arts and Performing Arts
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2900605996