All the Park’s a StageWestworld as the metafictional Frankenstein

  1. Sebastián Martín, Miguel 1
  1. 1 University of Cambridge
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    University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, Reino Unido

    ROR https://ror.org/013meh722

Revista:
ES Review. Spanish Journal of English Studies

ISSN: 2531-1654,  2531-1646

Año de publicación: 2018

Número: 39

Páginas: 51-67

Tipo: Artículo

DOI: 10.24197/ERSJES.39.2018.51-67 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openDialnet editor

Otras publicaciones en: ES Review. Spanish Journal of English Studies

Objetivos de desarrollo sostenible

Resumen

Este trabajo es un análisis literario de la serie de televisión Westworld (2016‒), creada por Jonathan Nolan y Lisa Joy tomando la película Westworld (1973) de Michael Crichton como su hipotexto. Para ello, en primer lugar, este ensayo buscará las fuentes literarias y fílmicas de la serie, centrándose en el Frankenstein de Mary Shelley, que es el mito que, como architexto, da forma al universo diegético de la serie. En una segunda parte, se centrará en los elementos reflexivos presentes en la serie, prestando especial atención a algunas escenas clave que ejemplifican su dimensión metaficcional. De este modo, la idea principal será describir cómo el éxito de la serie se debe a su combinación de estas dos dimensiones—la frankensteiniana y la metaficcional—ya que ambas contribuyen a enfatizar las cuestiones filosóficas postmodernas planteadas por Nolan y Joy.

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