Digital Cultures of Horror in Mónica Ojeda’s Fiction
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https://doi.org/10.48162/rev.54.038Keywords:
Mónica Ojeda, digital cultures, digital horror, internet, dark webAbstract
This article explores the intersection of literature and the Internet in the work of Ecuadorian author Mónica Ojeda. As a writer deeply attuned to contemporary life, Ojeda captures the dark themes and environments that permeate digital cultures, using them to craft a gothic fiction that confronts the most terrifying facets of human nature. In Nefando (Nefandous), for example, she explores the underworld of the Dark Web and its violent and perverse content through the depiction of a grotesque video game. Similarly, in Mandíbula (Jawbone), she delves into the unsettling impact of digital folclore, particularly creepypastas, and their power to cause fear and disrupt the lives of a group of teenagers. Drawing on the theoretical framework of ciberculture, this study analyzes how Ojeda employs the Internet and digital technologies as narrative tools to intensify her fiction, creating atmospheres that resonate with contemporary horror, thus illustrating the impact of technological dynamics in the construction of modern subjectivity.
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