Zmartwienie w San Junipero
The chagrin of San Junipero

Author(s): Grzegorz Marzec
Subject(s): Cultural history
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: chagrin; deadness; undead; Bieńczyk; Balzac; science fiction; Black Mirror; San Junipero
Summary/Abstract: The article, referring to the concept of “chagrin” (“zmartwienie”), as introduced by Marek Bieńczyk, suggests the application of this category to the topics presented in "San Junipero", one of the parts of Charlie Brooker’s "Black Mirror". The chagrin should be understood as deadness, the act of imitating the dead, being, like a zombie, half-dead. From this perspective, the article discusses the issue of destruction and self-destruction of digital specters that exist, mostly on the Internet and in electronic media, in a completely undead form.

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