This paper utilises hauntology and cryptonomy, alongside abjection, as lenses for textual narrati... more This paper utilises hauntology and cryptonomy, alongside abjection, as lenses for textual narrative analysis of David Lynch's 1977 cult body horror film Eraserhead, his first feature as a writer-director. This investigation will uncover how Lynch formulates a filmic narrative articulating a critique of patriarchy, with an understanding that the concept can be considered a hauntology in itself. I will then proceed to explore how this engagement with hauntology has influenced further works by Lynch himself, and by other cinematic auteurs such as Stanley Kubrick.
This paper utilises hauntology and cryptonomy, alongside abjection, as lenses for textual narrati... more This paper utilises hauntology and cryptonomy, alongside abjection, as lenses for textual narrative analysis of David Lynch's 1977 cult body horror film Eraserhead, his first feature as a writer-director. This investigation will uncover how Lynch formulates a filmic narrative articulating a critique of patriarchy, with an understanding that the concept can be considered a hauntology in itself. I will then proceed to explore how this engagement with hauntology has influenced further works by Lynch himself, and by other cinematic auteurs such as Stanley Kubrick.
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