20.500.12556/RUL-184908 Dark Academia and Gothic Literature Temačni akademski roman in gotsko leposlovje This master’s thesis focuses on a comparative analysis of Gothic and Dark Academia literary genres. Gothic literature has, since its origins in the 18th century, evolved and adapted to the public’s fears and anxieties brought on by the sociopolitical climate and its changes. It has thus become a versatile genre that is difficult to define in simple terms. Dark Academia is a new and developing genre arguably started by Donna Tartt’s The Secret History, which gained significance during the COVID-19 pandemic. In my thesis I assess and present the core elements of the Gothic genre as a whole and draw parallels between Gothic and Dark Academia literature, establishing the latter as a descendant of the former. The comparison is based on the identification of key elements shared by the two genres (the setting, the Sublime, Terror and Horror, the Uncanny, doubling, abjection, the haunting of the past or the manifestations of the supernatural, and textual transgressions) and supported by direct examples from the four staple Dark Academia novels: The Secret History by Donna Tartt, If We Were Villains by M. L. Rio, Babel, or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of Oxford Translators’ Revolution by R. F Kuang, and Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo. Magistrsko delo se osredotoča na primerjalno analizo gotskega leposlovja in temačnega akademskega romana. Že od začetkov literarne gotike v 18. stoletju se je žanr spreminjal in prilagajal strahovom družbe, ki so se pojavili kot odraz sociopolitičnega okolja in njegovih sprememb. S tem je postal zelo raznolik, kar je otežilo žanrsko kategorizacijo in oblikovanje jasne definicije. Temačni akademski roman, prototip katerega je roman Donne Tartt, Skrivna zgodovina, je relativno nov žanr, ki je postal še posebej relevanten med pandemijo COVIDa-19. V magistrskem delu določim bistvene elemente gotskega leposlovja, ki jih nato analiziram v kontekstu temačnega akademskega romana z namenom umestitve slednjega v tradicijo gotske književnosti Primerjava je izvedena na podlagi ključnih elementov, ki se pojavljajo v obeh žanrih (okolje, sublimnost, strah in groza, srhljiva nenavadnost, dvojniki, izločitev, preganjanje s strani preteklosti ali manifestacija nadnaravnih sil, in besedilna angažiranost) in podprta s primeri iz štirih reprezentativnih romanov žanra temačnega akademskega romana: Skrivna zgodovine Donne Tartt, If We Were Villains M. L. Rio, Babel, or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of Oxford Translators’ Revolution R. F Kuang, in Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo. Gothic literature Dark Academia genre terror horror uncanny transgression supernatural gotsko leposlovje temačni akademski roman žanr strah groza srhljiva nenavadnost angažiranost nadnaravno true false false Angleški jezik Slovenski jezik Magistrsko delo/naloga 2026-07-17 07:16:06 2026-07-17 07:16:21 2026-07-27 14:27:34 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2026 0 0 0000-00-00 NiDoloceno NiDoloceno NiDoloceno 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 1970-01-01 618065 285472771 65559.pdf 65559.pdf 1 386D8D8CA01FE9E0ECC36320A48CEFF6 a414707e33d7710db2721fa0de93070fced0316e4bd9d1187408740636f9138b 73128834-819e-11f1-9b0d-0050569b8976 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=240304 Filozofska fakulteta 0 0 0