Kick - Br. 2 - 2019

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Kick Br. 2 (2019) is a student journal dedicated to fantastic literature, bringing together academic papers and creative writing from English studies at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in Osijek. The issue explores themes and interpretations across fantasy, science fiction, Gothic literature, and myths, analyzing identity, gender, hope, good and evil, capitalism, education, and religion. It also considers how fantastic narratives adapt into graphic novels, films, and video games.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryLiterature

FormatPDF

Pages88

Reading Time2 h 16 min

AccessFree to download

Editorial

Hope as the Main Driving Force of Humanity in the Grimdark Universe of Warhammer 40,000

A New Approach to Religion in the Fantasy Genre

A Capitalist Future in The Time Machine: A Social Statement and the Representation of the Bourgeois and the Proletariat

Voldemort or Grindelwald: Who Takes Place as the Number One Villain?

Man is not Truly Two, but Three: Psychoanalytical Approach to Personalities in The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

Nature vs. Nurture in the Case of the Monster in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus

“Where Am I in This M ST”: Decoding the Heroic Identity and Maturity of Neil Gaiman’s Coraline

Representation of Women in Stoker’s Dracula

Female Characters in Selected Works of Edgar Allan Poe

Voice Box

About Kick

KICK Students’magazine Publisher University of Osijek Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences Publisher address Lorenza Jägera 9 31000 Osijek Language editing Ljubica Matek Editors Ljubica Matek Juraj Gerovac Vanessa Kupina Zvonimir Prtenjača Tomislav Berbić Proofreading Ljubica Matek Juraj Gerovac Zvonimir Prtenjača Tomislav Berbić Vanessa Kupina Cover design Ena Vladika ISSN 2623-9558 Br. 2, 2019. Printed by Krešendo, Osijek Printing run 100 copies The magazine is published twice a year. The magazine was published with the support of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences Osijek. Contents EDITORIAL ...................................................................................................... V Dr. Ljubica Matek, Assistant Professor Hope as the Main Driving Force of Humanity in the Grimdark Universe of Warhammer 40,000 ................................................. 7 Marcel Moser A New Approach to Religion in the Fantasy Genre ................................. 13 Juraj Gerovac A Capitalist Future in The Time Machine: A Social Statement and the Representation of the Bourgeois and the Proletariat................21 Robert Đujić Voldemort or Grindelwald: Who Takes Place as the Number One Villain? ...................................................................................................... 27 Maligec Nikolina Man is not Truly Two, but Three: Psychoanalytical Approach to Personalities in The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde..............35 Katarina Stojković Nature vs. Nurture in the Case of the Monster in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus .................................................41 Nera Martinović “Where Am I in This M ST”: Decoding the Heroic Identity and Maturity of Neil Gaiman’s Coraline.....................................................47 Zvonimir Prtenjača Representation of Women in Stoker’s Dracula......................................... 55 Iris Koščević Female Characters in Selected Works of Edgar Allan Poe .....................61 Iva Romić Voice Box .......................................................................................................... 69 Tomislav Berbić About Kick ........................................................................................................ 87 EDITORIAL Dr. Ljubica Matek, Assistant Professor “Fantasy is hardly an escape from reality. It’s a way of understanding it.” – Lloyd Alexander The second issue of Kick, a journal of students of English at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in Osijek, is dedicated to topics related to fantastic literature. Some of the papers were written by students as a requirement to complete the elective course The Fantastic in English and American Literature (EL110); others are a result of the students’personal interest in all matters fantastic and the subsequent research they have conducted on their own in order to explore this particular interest from a more scholarly perspective. From my experience, one of the greatest challenges for the twenty-first century literature professor is to get their students to read. Inan environment that fosters distraction, a life marked and modified by the use of digital media that thrive from our shortened attention span and always wish us to click elsewhere, it is indeed challenging to get someone to focus for a prolonged period of time on a story that is offered to them in print; a story that is still and silent on the page of a book (or an e-reader). However, fantastic genres – fantasy, science fiction, Gothic literature, and myths of all kinds – have qualities which make them appealing even to the contemporary readers. These stories thrive with action and ideas. Supernatural features and characters, and extreme or liminal plots stimulate the readers’imagination and account for a suspenseful reading experience. More i

FAQs

What is the theme of Kick Br. 2 (2019)?

The issue focuses on topics related to fantastic literature, including fantasy, science fiction, Gothic literature, and myths.

Who contributed to the papers in this issue?

Some papers were written by students as part of the elective course The Fantastic in English and American Literature (EL110), and others came from students’ own research driven by personal interest.

What additional section does the second issue include besides academic papers?

It contains a creative writing section, introduced with a single story.

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