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Author(s)
Hoile, Christopher
Publication year1984
Publication titleLiterature Film Quarterly
Resource typeAcademic journal
Discusses the relation of the primitive animistic world to the ever-present oedipal tensions between father, mother,and child as demonstrated in the motion picture 'The Shining,' directed by Stanley Kubrick. Symbolism of the garden maze in the movie; Psychoanalysis of the main characters of the movie; Concepts of psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud which are present in the movie.
Keyword(s)Shining, The (Film) , Kubrick, Stanley, 1928-1999 , Freud, Sigmund, 1856-1939 , Horror films , Families in motion pictures , Psychoanalysis & motion pictures , Uncanny, The (Psychoanalysis) , Fairy tales , Film characters
Language(s)eng
pISSN00904260
ISSN00904260
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