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Analysis of the TV series Hannibal through queer masochistic theory and masochistic aesthetic
Spišáková, Karin ; Česálková, Lucie (advisor) ; Svatoňová, Kateřina (referee)
This bachelor thesis is a theoretical analysis of the TV series Hannibal, which was broadcasted on American television NBC from 2013 to 2015. Hannibal has gained a dedicated fandom coming up with various interpretations and theories, but it also got the attention of academic scholars from various disciplines. It has become popular for its queer-coded characters, including the main characters Hannibal and Will, despite the fact, that their relationship had never been explicitly depicted as romantic or sexual. Later in the story, the respected psychiatrist Hannibal Lecter is revealed as a serial killer and a cannibal. Hannibal could be considered a stereotypical sadistic psychopath, who only sees his victims as pigs. Nevertheless, I will analyse his relationship with Will through the prism of the masochistic world, and I will argue why. The aim of this paper is not creating a psychological profile either of Hannibal or Will, nor answering the question whether one of them is a sadist or a masochist. Instead, I am focusing on the development of the relationship dynamics between Will and Hannibal, while framing it within masochistic narrative and formal structure and queer theories. My primary starting point will be Deleuze's critique of complementary vision of sadomasochism by psychoanalysis and his...
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