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1. 1. "...that wondrous thing about the human being, it can change" : Performativity and Agency in Michael Ondaatje's The English Patient

   Magister-uppsats, Estetisk-filosofiska fakulteten

   Författare :Håkan Tallgren; [2009]
   Nyckelord :Ondaatje; Den engelske patienten; Butler; Tallgren; The English Patient; agency; performativity;

   Sammanfattning : This essay uses the concept of performativity to illustrate how identity change and the possibility to shape one’s identity, agency, are treated in Michael Ondaatje’s The English Patient. Originally a theory introduced by queer theorist Judith Butler, performativity explains how a sense of identity stems not from innate qualities but from behaviour, or stylized acts, that is regulated by the norms of society. LÄS MER