Traumatic Seclusion in M. Night Shyamalan’s Garrison Trilogy: Signs (2002), The Village (2004) and The Lady in the Water (2006)

Shyamalan’s Signs, The Village and The Lady in the Water turn around the need to find refuge away from violence, in an updated version of Northrop Frye’s garrison motif. Absolute safety is, however, threatened by spectral, even fictitious monstrous creatures that can be defined as projections of spe...

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Main Author: Juan Antonio Prieto Pablos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Asociación Española de Estudios Anglo-Norteamericanos (AEDEAN) 2023-12-01
Series:Atlantis
Online Access:https://www.atlantisjournal.org/index.php/atlantis/article/view/983