Monsters in Disappearing Rain: A Digital Insight (Analysis)

Abstract

Aim of the Study: With its theoretical underpinnings in Jeffrey J. Cohen’s seminal works in monster studies the study is an attempt to extend the notion of monster in the digi-modern world and present the study that the digital world is also a monster.

Methodology: The study uses Catherine Belsey’s model of textual analysis to analyze the monstrosity in Larsen’s Disappearing Rain (2000).

Findings: The key findings of the study are that the digital world is a monster in that it is a cultural construct, evades capture and is policing the border besides carrying a fascination for the abomination.

Conclusion: The study’s contribution is more than this new interpretation of the colour, imagery, plot and the overall effect of a digital text as the monster, it also asserts that the digital text is monstrous in the sense that it enables monsters, turns ordinary persons into monsters capable of the most gruesome acts of violence through immersive experience and scary visuals.