通俗文化中的克图鲁诅咒The Cthulhu Curse in Popular Culture
Abstract
Today, with the rapid development of popular culture, all kinds of films, games and animation industry competition is increasingly fierce. As long as the producers survive the competition, they have to work on the contents of their productions to conform to the public's psychological and aesthetic requirements in addition to the proper operational strategies. Curiously, the Cthulhu mythology is one of several works that have been a huge success for the studio, most of which have plots or characters that match Lovecraft's fictional settings. Since its birth more than 100 years ago, from an unknown novel, it has been able to keep pace with the world's oldest and most famous myths, and has a profound impact on the trend of culture, the contents and ideas of which have great research value.
This paper consists of introduction, body and conclusion. Its main contents are as follows:
This paper is divided into four parts. The first part introduces Lovecraft's life and the basic structural features of his novels. The second part and the third part are the main body of the paper. The second part introduces the various gods in Cthulhu mythology and their portrayal in popular culture. This chapter is divided into two sections, which respectively introduce the Cthulhu elements in popular culture and the reasons for the success of Cthulhu system. The third part is an in-depth study of the human nature expressed in Lovecraft's novels. This chapter is divided into three sections. The first section introduces the fear of the universe, darkness and the unknown in human nature, the second section introduces the madness in human nature, and the third section introduces the concept of death and destruction in the novel. The fourth part is the conclusion, which summarizes the reasons why Cthulhu myth can be Cthulhu's success in being pursued by modern people.
Key words: Cthulhu; Lovecraft; Popular culture;human nature.
摘 要
今天,随着潮流文化飞速发展,各类电影,游戏以及动漫行业的竞争也日渐激烈。制作商如果要继续生存下去,除了恰当的运营策略外,其所涉及的内容也需要符合大众的心里以及审美要求。奇怪的是几款给制作公司带来巨大成功的作品,其中的剧情或者人物大都符合洛夫克拉夫特的小说中的设定,而克苏鲁神话就是其中之一。它自诞生起距今100多年的时间里,从一个无人知晓的小说,竟然可以与世界最古老、最著名的各大神话并驾齐驱,并深刻影响着潮流文化,其中的内容以及观念具有极大的研究价值。
本文由引言、正文和结语组成。其主要内容如下:
本文总共分为四部分。第一部分介绍了洛夫克拉夫特生平以及他的小说的基本架构特点。第二部分和第三部分是论文的主体,第二部分介绍了克苏鲁神话中各个神祇以及在流行文化中的写照,本章分为两个小节,分别介绍流行文化中的克苏鲁元素和克苏鲁体系成功的原因。第三部分深度研究洛夫克拉夫特的小说中所表达的人性,本章分为三个小节,第一个小节介绍了人性中对于宇宙、黑暗以及未知的恐惧,第二个小节介绍了人性中的疯狂,第三个小节介绍了小说中对于死亡以及毁灭的观念。第四部分是结论,总结克苏鲁神话为什么可以克苏鲁成功的被现代人们所追捧的原因。
关键词: 克苏鲁;洛夫克拉夫特;潮流文化;人性。