The Appearance and Resonance of Apocalyptic Archetypes in Contemporary Disaster Films

The COVID-19 pandemic has roused the apocalyptic fear that was foreseen in religious prophecies. This research will focus on the post-9/11 and pre-COVID-19 disaster films, in an attempt to understand the representation and pre-presentation of the collective disaster psychology. Aligned with Jungian...

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Main Author: Yu, Chi-Ying (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: MDPI 2021
In: Religions
Year: 2021, Volume: 12, Issue: 11
Further subjects:B Jungian film studies
B Apocalypse
B archetypal symbols
B Collective Unconscious
B pre-COVID-19 cinema
B 11 cinema / post-9
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