CALL FOR PAPERS
(Please distribute)
Although the humanness of monsters (and the monstrousness of humans) has
always been a theme in horror films and fiction, it was only after the
simultaneous appearance of *Psycho* and *Peeping Tom* in 1960 that the
cinematic representation of *human monsters* became of central interest to
screenwriters, directors, and - - most importantly - - to the viewing
public. Even a number of recent horror-thriller-suspense films ostensibly
concerned with supernatural entities and/or occurrences (e.g., *Hideaway*
[1995], *The Frighteners* [1996], *Fallen* [1998], *In Dreams* [1999])
have managed to concoct more or less plausible ways of bringing
psychotics, mass murderers, and serial killers into the mix.
*Post Script: Essays in Film and the Humanities* is calling for
contributors to a special issue on "Realist Horror Cinema." Possible
topics include, but are not limited to: sociohistorical, theoretical, or
cinematic accounts of the "evolution" of this highly controversial
subgenre; the aesthetics of violence in realist horror cinema; the
creative merging of natural and supernatural elements in realist horror
films; spectator analyses dealing with (e.g.) the extent to which the
blurring of reality and fiction in these films reinforces un/justified
feelings of paranoia in audiences; and the "bleeding" of realist horror
cinema into other mediums (e.g., television, theatre), and other filmic
genres (e.g., action, drama).
While the primary focus of this issue will be American realist horror
films, papers on applicable international films will be considered as
well. Also encouraged are substantive interviews with realist horror
filmmakers, and book reviews up to 1000 words in length.
Submissions should be previously unpublished, no longer than 24 pages,
double-spaced, and including documentation (MLA preferred). Submit three
hard copies of your manuscript, plus one disk copy (in WORD format).
Include a SASE for return of manuscripts and disk, should that be
necessary.
*** DEADLINE: MAY 1, 2001 ***
Please address all inquiries, and send all submissions, to:
Steven Jay Schneider
Guest Editor, *Post Script* "Realist Horror" Issue
69 5th Avenue, Apt. 7J
New York, N.Y. 10003
Tel: (212) 242-0956 // Fax: (646) 638-3438
E-mail: <sschneid@fas.harvard.edu>
Homepage: <http://members.bellatlantic.net/~sschneid/>
or to *Post Script*'s General Editor:
Professor Gerald Duchovnay
General Editor, *Post Script*
Department of Literature and Languages
Texas A&M University
Commerce, TX 75429-3011
E-mail: <Gerald_Duchovnay@tamu-commerce.edu>
*Post Script* can be found on the web at:
<http://www.tamu-commerce.edu/coas/litlang/PostScript.html>
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