Zombie: A Metaphor of Modern World
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https://doi.org/10.31185/eduj.Vol48.Iss1.2913Keywords:
capitalism, horror, Industrialism, New Historicism, zombieAbstract
Zombies as a sub-genre of horror, has been haunting our spirit as entity which provoke fear that exceeds the limits of horror sometimes. yet what if it is creation was not meant to be an act of entertainment as it is offered and being introduced by film makers and producers? What will we find if we dig deep into the essence of its creation from the beginnings? The fact that this kind of literature works on our deepest fears and uses our anxieties to reach its aim is obviously the means used by the writers to achieve what they want. Moreover that,the zombie is often linked to the concepts of capitalism and industrialization.
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