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Hauntology and Epistemology in Guillermo del Toro’s Pan’s Labyrinth and Juan Antonio Bayona’s The Orphanage
In: The Coastal Review: An Online Peer-reviewed Journal (2022)
Abstract: This article analyzes the narrative function of the fantastic in two commercial Spanish language movies, Guillermo Del Toro’s 2006 Pan’s Labyrinth and Juan Antonio Bayona’s 2007 The Orphanage, to compare how they encompass and reflect aspects of hauntological theory. The movies show how Ofelia and Laura embrace the fantastic to acquire knowledge and agency by deliberately communicating with specters. Through acknowledging the epistemological implications of the fantastic, deliberate disobedience and self-sacrifice, Ofelia and Laura are able to liberate themselves from a repressive present and envisage a more optimistic future for others too. Hauntological discourse in both films ultimately functions as an allegory for Spain’s ongoing efforts to come to terms with its own historical trauma.
Keyword: and Sexuality Studies; Arts and Humanities; epistemology; European Languages and Societies; female agency; Feminist; Film and Media Studies; Gender; hauntology; Latin American Languages and Societies; the fantastic; trauma
URL: https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1153&context=thecoastalreview
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/thecoastalreview/vol12/iss1/4
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