This article investigates the role of local folklore in the age of globalized folklore. By adopting the critical categories of the Gothic and of folk horror, this article discusses the use of creepypastas (horror short stories, produced and diffused on the Internet, that can be considered an example of digital folklore) in the novel Mandibula (2018) by Monica Ojeda. Through an analysis of Ojeda's novel, I highlight how the wide presence of references to digital folklore is aimed at portraying those anxieties related to globalization and deterritorialization that permeate the text and influence its narration of adolescence.
En la corte del Dios Blanco: folclore digital y gótico global en Mandíbula
Malvestio, M
2022
Abstract
This article investigates the role of local folklore in the age of globalized folklore. By adopting the critical categories of the Gothic and of folk horror, this article discusses the use of creepypastas (horror short stories, produced and diffused on the Internet, that can be considered an example of digital folklore) in the novel Mandibula (2018) by Monica Ojeda. Through an analysis of Ojeda's novel, I highlight how the wide presence of references to digital folklore is aimed at portraying those anxieties related to globalization and deterritorialization that permeate the text and influence its narration of adolescence.
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