ANALYSIS OF MAGIC REALISM AND HAUNTOLOGY IN STEPHEN KING’S NOVELS “THE SHINING” AND “DOCTOR SLEEP”

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.69691/nasym143

Keywords:

magical realism, hauntology, Overlook Hotel, time cycles, déjà vu, human psyche, memory, reality and illusion.

Abstract

This study analyzes the artistic interpretation of magical realism and hauntology elements in Stephen King‘s novels “The Shining” and “Doctor Sleep”. The research explores the Overlook Hotel, its properties that disrupt the boundaries of time and reality, and its connection to human psychology and memory. It examines the cyclical movement of time, déjà vu, and hauntological phenomena, revealing how reality and illusion blend.

Author Biography

  • Ulugbek Ochilov

    Associate Professor, Bukhara State University, (PhD)

References

King, Stephen. The Shining. Shining, 421.pp 431, 421, 22, 58-61.

King, Stephen. Doctor Sleep. Scribner, 2013, pp 278-281, 419, 312-215,146,187-190, 215-218, 215, 278, 312-315.

Jahon adabiyoti, 2015/3, pp 422.

Jung, n. Man and His Symbols. Doubleday, 1964, pp 104.

Ochilov, U. S. Realizm oqiminig bir qismi bo‘lgan magik realizm va uning tamoyillari. //European Journal of Interdisciplinary Research and Development 13 (2023): 208-211.

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Published

2025-04-30

Issue

Vol. 4 No. 67 (2025): journal THE LIGHT OF CIVILIZATION

Section

10.00.00 - Philology

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ANALYSIS OF MAGIC REALISM AND HAUNTOLOGY IN STEPHEN KING’S NOVELS “THE SHINING” AND “DOCTOR SLEEP”. (2025). Journal of Tamaddun Nuri, 4(67), 266-268. https://doi.org/10.69691/nasym143