Revisiting and Updating H.P. Lovecraft’s “THe Dreams in the Witch House”: Jaume Balagueró's Venus as a Contemporary Feminist Witch Tale
Jaume Balagueró’s film Venus (2022) adapts H.P. Lovecraft’s short story “The Dreams in the Witch House” (1933), which amalgamates characteristic traits of cosmic horror, but presents them around the horror archetype of the witch. Balagueró’s adaptation transforms Lovecraft’s tale into a cinematic na...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2025 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Universidad Pontificia Comillas ICAI-ICADE |
| Repositorio: | Repositori Obert UdL |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:repositori.udl.cat:10459.1/469028 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://doi.org/10.25145/j.recaesin.2025.91.07 https://hdl.handle.net/10459.1/469028 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Witchcraft Adaptation Narratology the Monstrous-feminine Post-humanities Brujería Adaptación Narratología lo Monstruoso-femenino Poshumanidades |
| Sumario: | Jaume Balagueró’s film Venus (2022) adapts H.P. Lovecraft’s short story “The Dreams in the Witch House” (1933), which amalgamates characteristic traits of cosmic horror, but presents them around the horror archetype of the witch. Balagueró’s adaptation transforms Lovecraft’s tale into a cinematic narrative which arises as a contemporary feminist story that vindicates female empowerment in the era of fourth-wave feminism and the post-humanities. A comparative analysis between both textualities based on Gérard Genette’s narratological theories will pave the way for identifying intertextual, metatextual and hypertextual connec- tions, while it will also underscore the evolving interpretation of the witch from a figure of monstrosity to an icon of feminist struggle against patriarchy. |
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