Noël Carroll and the Paradox of Horror Fiction

[@arthurdamota7241]

I study literature at UFRRJ in Brazil. I`ve been studying the Philosophy of Horror by Carroll and many other books and articles to make some research about monsters, fear, and madness in literature. I must say I found both the book and your explanation amazing. Thank you for the video.

[@casperdillen548]

I’m an Ma philosophy student at Birkbeck. Just discovered your channel and I’m binge watching it :) such clear explanations . Thank you very much sir!

[@DrBowersOfficeHours]

Thanks very much! I'm glad these are useful for you! Best wishes from North Carolina!

[@paulkemner829]

I'd say people react to the dissonance between the disgusting or frightening thing, and the realization that you're safe and distanced from it. Tell a group of second-graders a story where a child is given a bowl of worms covered with sauce, they assume it's spaghetti, and they eat it. They'll laugh, and cry 'eeew!' Mistakenly eating a bowl of worms themselves would get a different response. The escape from harm or disgust is fun or thrilling. You've seen or heard about it, but you're safe. Similar to humor- you might laugh at a fictional character or someone else slipping on a banana peel. You might laugh, but you probably wouldn't laugh if it happened to you.