Resumen de tesis. Fans, fangs and frenzies: participatory culture, and the (re)imagination of Jane Austen in the monster mash-up phenomenon

Abstract

[EN] The main purpose of this investigation is to offer a didactic approach to Mash-Up as a literary genre, a profitable mainstream market vogue originated after the release of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies in 2009 by Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith—a hybrid novel where elements belonging to Z-Fiction were introduced into the British author's classic, prompting an experimental genre that (re)imagined canonical works, attracting diverse readers, particularly Young Adult (YA) consumers interestedin their hybrid content. In addition to an approach to this experimental genre, this thesis proposes to trace a direct connection between the phenomenon and creative expressions belonging to fandom culture, specifically that of fanfiction, generally understood as the (re)writing or expansion of already-existing fictional worlds by enthusiastic fans. To connect these ideas, this research presents the timeless and extremely popular figure of Jane Austen as a nexus of union, an essential name behind the origin and development of the vogue with her literature being (re)imagined through the introduction of all sorts of elements belonging to the popular imaginary.