Rewriting Traditions and Expressing Anxieties: The Dark Academia Genre

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dc.contributor.advisorLénárt-Muszka, Zsuzsanna
dc.contributor.authorValicskó, Sára Viktória
dc.contributor.departmentDE--Bölcsészettudományi Kar
dc.date.accessioned2026-02-12T14:21:27Z
dc.date.available2026-02-12T14:21:27Z
dc.date.created2025
dc.description.abstractThe term “dark academia” emerged on the social media site Tumblr around 2015 as a trend is aesthetics and enjoyed increasing popularity as it made its way through various social media sites before becoming popular on TikTok during the COVID-19 pandemic. Academic interest in dark academia, both as a sociocultural and a literary phenomenon, is also on the rise with essay collections and thematic journal issues being dedicated to the subject. Dark academia’s roots are traced back to academic and campus novels, and to one novel in particular, Donna Tartt’s The Secret History (1992), which inspired a new generation of writers and laid the foundations of a new literary genre. Many recurring motifs and symbols found in dark academia novels are part and parcel of “traditional” American Gothic fiction - such as the portrayal of violence, mental health problems, and substance abuse. After outlining the genre’s origins and the common motifs and elements these novels share, I will investigate the way these novels express contemporary anxieties surrounding academia, arguing that by using the Gothic as a framework and shifting the focus onto the psyche of the characters, the genre is able to offer a critique of the academic environment.
dc.description.courseEnglish and American Studies
dc.description.degreeBSc/BA
dc.format.extent31
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2437/404308
dc.language.isoen
dc.rights.infoHozzáférhető a 2022 decemberi felsőoktatási törvénymódosítás értelmében.
dc.subjectdark academia
dc.subjectcontemporary literature
dc.subjectthe Gothic
dc.subject.dspaceLiterary Studies
dc.titleRewriting Traditions and Expressing Anxieties: The Dark Academia Genre
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