Sökning: "Patrick Bateman"

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  1. 1. “Imitating Reality”: An Analysis of “American Psycho”

    Kandidat-uppsats, Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

    Författare :Sana Sadraddin Mahiddin; [2020]
    Nyckelord :American Psycho; Postmodernism; Narratology; serial killers;

    Sammanfattning : This paper analyzes Bret Easton Ellis’ American Psycho (1991), and more specifically, the protagonist-narrator Patrick Bateman. He is analyzed through the theoretical framework known as narratology, and more specifically, the designation of “unreliable narrator,” in order to analyze the interplay between the character and the postmodernist society of which he is a product. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Unreliable narration in Bret Easton Ellis's American Psycho and Jeff Lindsay's Darkly Dreaming Dexter

    Kandidat-uppsats, Karlstads universitet/Institutionen för språk, litteratur och interkultur

    Författare :Robin Lundberg; [2015]
    Nyckelord :unreliable narration; Patrick Bateman; Dexter Morgan;

    Sammanfattning : This essay focuses on the character Patrick Bateman in American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis and his unreliability as a narrator and compares it to the unreliable narration of the character Dexter Morgan in Darkly Dreaming Dexter by Jeff Lindsay. These characters' respective unreliability is analyzed from the perspective of six types of unreliability suggested by James Phelan and Mary Patricia Martin: misreporting, misreading, misregarding, underreporting, underreading and underregarding. LÄS MER

  4. 3. American Psycho – En analys av Patrick Bateman som berättare

    Magister-uppsats, Örebro universitet/Institutionen för humaniora, utbildnings- och samhällsvetenskap

    Författare :Anders Carlqvist; [2013]
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  5. 4. Psykopaten i garderoben : En queer läsning av Bret Easton Ellis American Psycho

    Kandidat-uppsats, Institutionen för kultur och lärande

    Författare :Oscar von Seth; [2013]
    Nyckelord :American Psycho; Patrick Bateman; Seriemördare; Våld; Bret Easton Ellis; Ytlighet; Djup; Queerteori; Heteronormativitet; Queert läckage; Litterär pornografi; Misogyni; Sadism; Maskulinitet; Homofobi; Gotik; Homosexualitet; Gay cruising; Samkönat begär;

    Sammanfattning : The novel American Psycho was first published in 1991. It recieved harsh criticism and was viewed as a work of heterosexism, misogyny and pointless violence. Despite the criticism, the protagonist, a wealthy serial killer yuppie namned Patrick Bateman, fascinated the readers. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Patrick Bateman, Violence and Consumption: Bret Easton Ellis’s American Psycho

    Kandidat-uppsats, Institutionen för kultur och kommunikation

    Författare :Alexander Nystrand; [2010]
    Nyckelord :Marxism; Consumption; Consumerism; Homogeneity; Commodities; Use-value; Exchange-value; Sign-exchange value; Socioeconomic; Class-consciousness; Commodity fetishism.;

    Sammanfattning : This essay investigates how Bret Easton Ellis portrays Patrick Bateman as a projection of American society, in order to criticize consumerism and capitalism in his novel American Psycho. By applying Marxist theory, this essay examines Bateman's consumption patterns and class-consciousness using key Marxist terms. LÄS MER