DECONSTRUCTION OF THE DEFINITION :
DECONSTRUCTION OF THE DEFINITION Psyhological-Elements that are related to the mind or processes of the mind
Thriller-A genre of fiction that attempts to thrill its audience by placing characters at great risk.
Psychological Thriller by combining these two terms,the definitions changes to a narrative that makes the characters exposed to danger on a mental level rather than a physical one.Characters are no longer reliant on physical strength to overcome their brutish enemies ,but rather are reliant on their mental resources, whether it be by battling wits with a formiddable opponent or by battling for equilirium in character’s own mind.
LITERARY DEVICES AND TECHNIQUES :
LITERARY DEVICES AND TECHNIQUES STREAM OF CONCIOSNESS a literary technique which seeks to describe an individual’s point of view by giving the written equivalent of character’s thought process.in psychological thrillers,the narrative tries to manifest the character’s psyche through word usage
FIRST-PERSON NARRATIVE a literary technique in whic the story is narrated bye one or more of the characters,who explicitly refers to him or herself in the first person,that is ‘I’.
BACK STORY the history behind the situation axtant at the start of main story.This deepenns the psychological aspect of the story since the reader is able to more fully understand teh caharacter
THEMES :
THEMES Reality
Perceptions
Mind Existence/Purpose
Identity
Death
PHILOSOPHICAL ISSUES :
PHILOSOPHICAL ISSUES With its intense focus on psyhological issues suc as mental processes,behaviour and human interaction,psychological thrillers often touch upon several phlıosophical ıssues.
METAPHYSICS :
METAPHYSICS Existentialism
Determinism
Fatalism
Ontology
Dualism
EXAMPLES :
EXAMPLES HOMER’S ODYSSEY is one of oldest stories in the Western world and is regarded as an early prototype of the thriller
THE COUNT OF MONTE CRİSTO is a swasshbuckling revenge thriller about aman named Edmund Dantes who is betrayed by his friends and sent to languish in the notorious Chateau d’lf
DRACULA is gothic supernatural thriller told inteh first person narrator .A young Englishman named Jonathan Harker travel to the Carpathians Mountains to meet a client named Count Dracula…
The other examples are THE RİDDLE OF THE SANDS,THE THİRTY-NİNE STEPS,HEART OF DARKNESS,THE BOURNE IDENTITY
FILMS :
FILMS THE BOURNE IDENTITY was adapted to a movie starring Matt Damon which used many of the thriller conventions of the plot
THE MANCHURIAN CANDITATE is aclassic of Cold War paranoia.A squad of American soldiers are kidnapped by Communists
PHONE BOOTH is a thriller about a selfish man trapped in aphone booth by a deranged sniper.Framed for the murder of a pimp,he finds himself surrounded by police who have no idea of the sniper’s presence.