Multiple Persönlichkeiten in ausgewählten Romanen und ihren Verfilmungen

Examensarbeit aus dem Jahr 2007 im Fachbereich Anglistik - Literatur Note: 30 Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen Sprache: Deutsch Abstract: From the early Hollywood history on there has been a constant output of films concerning mental illnesses. However not a single mental illness has been exploited so extensively than the rare syndrome of multiple personality disorder. Films concerning multiple personality disorder are a popular and enduring genrewhose influence can be seen throughout mainstream cinema. Therefore exploration of literary texts dealing with multiple personality disorder and their adaptation to mainstream moving pictures is an interesting approach to psychology literature andfilm studies. Despite being detective story and crime story narratives and confirmed to the codes of the psychological thriller representations of multiple personality disorder correspond closely to contemporary thinking about itsphenomenology and causes.