»Art horror« and Vampir by Boris Perić

Diplomsko delo se ukvarja s čustvi, ki jih izzove horor žanr. Čustva so odgovor na pomembne spremembe v svetu subjekta. Ko subjekt občuti strah, je nekaj njemu pomembnega ogroženo, ko pa občuti gnus, se boji, da bi bilo v njegovo telo vneseno kaj škodljivega (Milivojević 2000). Fuzijo teh čustev je Carroll (1990) poimenoval »art horror«, čustvo, ki ga mora izzvati horor žanr. Gotski roman predstavlja začetek horor žanra. Dela tega žanra tematizirajo nenormalnost in gradijo napetost. Medtem ko mora antagonist pri bralcih vzbuditi »art horror«, se mora protagonist nanj odzvati na tak način, ki bo bralcem omogočil asimilacijo s protagonistovo situacijo. Strah in gnus v horor romanu nista enaka tistima, ki ju doživimo izven fikcije, in sta lahko prijetna in koristna. Teorija je uporabljena za analizo romana Borisa Perića Vampir. Analiza odkriva, katere lastnosti si roman deli z gotskim romanom, kaj tematizirajo odnosi med literarnimi osebami in ali monstrum, dogajalni prostori in struktura romana pri bralcu izzovejo »art horror«.This undergraduate thesis explores emotions the horror genre evokes. Emotions are a reaction to a significant change in the subject\u27s world. When the subject feel fear, something significant to them is endangered and when they feel disgust, they fear they will consume something harmful (Milivojević 2000). The fusion of these emotions is what Carroll (1990) calls „art horror“, an emotion that the horror genre has to evoke. Works of this genre cover the topics of what is normal and build tension. While the antagonist has to evoke „art horror“ in its audience, the protagonist has to react in such a way that the audience can assimilate the protagonist\u27s situation. The place where the story takes place and its description are important when evoking these emotions. Fear and disgust in a horror novel are not the same emotions we experience outside of fiction and they can be pleasant and useful. The theory is applied when analysing the novel by Boris Perić, Vampir. The analysis uncovers which characteristics it shares with the gothic novel, what do the characters and their relationships represent and if the monster, setting and structure of the novel evoke „art horror“ in their reader