ABSTRACT

This article examines the female serial killer in relation to horror and trauma in Stephen King’s horror fiction with a particular interest in two of his novels that feature female protagonists, Carrie and Misery. This article argues that King’s work presents a unique case for the female serial killer; she is ruthless and capable of committing acts of murder, yet she is tied to her own and the narrative’s history of trauma. The female serial killer falls both within and outside the parameters of the horror genre to occupy a new dimension where trauma and horror meet. She is the link between the inner world of trauma and addictive public acts of violence, and in King’s narratives the female serial killer is one of the main ingredients in a complex recipe that involves the depiction of violence and serial murder in relation to the dynamics of conformity, agency and transgression.

摘要

本文研究了斯蒂芬·金的恐怖小说中与恐怖和创伤有关的女性连环杀手，特别关注他的两本小说中的女主角嘉莉和苦难。本文认为，金的作品为女性连环杀手提供了独特的案例。她很残酷，有能力进行谋杀，但她与自己和叙述的创伤历史息息相关。女性连环杀手在恐怖体裁的参数之内和之外都占据了创伤和恐怖相遇的新维度。她是创伤的内心世界与令人上瘾的公共暴力行为之间的联系，在金的叙述中，女性连环杀手是复杂配方中的主要成分之一，该配方涉及对暴力和连环谋杀行为的动态描述。整合，代理和违法行为。