Sökning: "Dennis Cooper"

Hittade 2 uppsatser innehållade orden Dennis Cooper.

1. 1. A Grotesque and Gothic Corporeality : Queer Transgression in Closer and Frisk

   Master-uppsats, Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

   Författare :Elliott Berggren; [2021]
   Nyckelord :Transgression; Grotesque; Gothic; Queer; Closer; Frisk;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis investigates how two novels by Dennis Cooper, Closer and Frisk, conceive of queer sexuality as transgressing heteronormative notions of moral standards, and how they challenge these by elevating their subject matters to an excessive degree. Drawing on the concepts of the grotesque and the Gothic, this thesis explores the aesthetics of Closer and Frisk, focusing in particular on the way corporeality figures as a central aspect of how these texts explore the ways in which the body becomes a site for Cooper’s discourses of transgression. LÄS MER

3. 2. Beyond Morality : Alternative Gay Narratives in Mark Ravenhill’s Shopping and Fucking and Dennis Cooper’s The Sluts 

   Master-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Litteraturvetenskapliga institutionen

   Författare :Makz Bjuggfält; [2017]
   Nyckelord :Mark Ravenhill; Shopping And Fucking; Dennis Cooper; The Sluts; Gay Male Violence; Gay Capitalism; Gay Consumerism; Gay Hyperreality; Gay Simulacra; Gay Civilisation; Gay Authenticity; Blank Fiction; Transgressive Literature; In Yer Face; Cool Britannia.;

   Sammanfattning : The gay male emerged as a visible public consumer during 1990s, when the LGBTQ movement in the United Kingdom and the United States was marked by conflicting commercial and political motives, heightened by the AIDS crisis. The cultural tension surrounding the gay male subject was reflected through various literary expressions. LÄS MER