Horror as the main genre forming element in American horror fiction

Abstract

The paper focuses on explaining and delineation the notions of basic (fundamental) and derivative emotions. Identified factors causing emotional states of fear became the basis for systematizing principles of forming horror genre features.

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О. В. Вовк

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О. В. Вовк (2016). Horror as the main genre forming element in American horror fiction. Науковий вісник Міжнародного гуманітарного університету. Серія «Філологія», 24(1), 84-87. https://europub.co.uk/articles/-A-457272