Time travel as a meditation on grief: mourning and memory in Dark

Stuart Joy

Time travel as a meditation on grief: mourning and memory in Dark

Stuart Joy

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Abstract

Time travel narratives across cultures often meditate on loss, portraying grief as a central element that shapes identity, relationships, and perceptions of time. Focusing on the German series Dark (2017–2020), this chapter argues that time travel provides a powerful lens for exploring the phenomenology of death, showing how prolonged grief and ambiguous loss inform both narrative and character development.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Illuminating Netflix's Dark: A Critical Companion to the German Television Series
Editors	Stuart Joy, Roy Hanney
Publisher	Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-032-18950-9
ISBN (Print)	978-3-032-18949-3
Publication status	Published - 20 Jul 2026

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Illuminating Netflix's Dark: a critical companion to the German television series
Joy, S. (Editor) & Hanney, R. (Editor), 20 Jul 2026, Palgrave Macmillan.
Research output: Book/Report › Book
"What we know is a drop”: contextualising Netflix’s Dark
Joy, S., 20 Jul 2026, Illuminating Netflix's Dark: A Critical Companion to the German Television Series. Joy, S. & Hanney, R. (eds.). Palgrave Macmillan
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Published conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

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Time travel as a meditation on grief: mourning and memory in Dark

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Illuminating Netflix's Dark: a critical companion to the German television series

"What we know is a drop”: contextualising Netflix’s Dark

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