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Bret Easton Ellis is an American author known for his satirical and often controversial novels that explore themes of consumerism, identity, and moral vacuity in contemporary society. His works frequently employ a minimalist style and are characterized by their critique of the excesses of the 1980s and 1990s American culture.
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Bret Easton Ellis is an American author known for his satirical and often controversial novels that explore themes of consumerism, identity, and moral vacuity in contemporary society. His works frequently employ a minimalist style and are characterized by their critique of the excesses of the 1980s and 1990s American culture.
Ensaio rápido e rasteiro sobre a obra "O Médico e o Monstro" ("Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde") como prenúncio de elementos da Psicanálise freudiana, como desenvolvidos em suas tópicas: Inconsciente x Consciente, Id, ego e... more
People from Tiger Woods to the Obamas are routinely denounced for their narcissism. But what does the word really mean and are there good as well as bad types of self-love?
Bu çalışma, John Zerzan'ın "Gelecekteki İlkel" kitabını inceleyerek okuyucuları ve araştırmacıları bilgilendirmeyi amaçlamaktadır. Kitap, tarımdan itibaren teknoloji yardımıyla doğa üzerinde kontrol gücü sağlayan uygarlıkların kültürel... more
A crítica literária feminista anglófona dos anos 1970 propõe a ideia da matrilinhagem, segundo a qual o encontro de mulheres escritoras com suas mães literárias representaria uma fonte de acolhimento que as permitiria escrever. As... more
Neste texto apresenta-se uma serie de questoes relativas ao tedio que, leva a fuga do sujeito em busca de um devaneio digital que seja mais satisfatorio que a realidade da vida cotidiana. Passando por Freud e outros autores, podemos... more
El objetivo de este trabajo es proponer la existencia de una relación transtextual de hipertextualidad entre Shame (2011), película dirigida por el director británico Steve McQueen, y American Psycho de Mary Harron (2000), adaptación... more
O ensaio discute os deslocamentos da palavra museu na novela A invenção de Morel (1940), de Adolfo Bioy Casares. Mediante esse exame, procura cavar uma relação entre os mitos miméticos e a máquina de Morel, na ilha museu. Um dos objetivos... more
This article draws on relational psychoanalysis to reinterpret Ovid's version of Narcissus and Echo as a means to reflect on the dynamics of how subjects connect to others and themselves through listening. Attuning to a long tradition of... more
Dans l'oeuvre de Salman Rushdie, écrivain migrant par excellence, la notion de transposition, qui consiste dans un premier temps à « faire passer ailleurs, ou dans un autre domaine », ne peut qu'être cruciale. Si le terme de transposition... more
Este texto convida o leitor a refletir sobre a busca humana por sentido e progresso, argumentando que tais esforços, longe de nos aproximarem de algo maior, nos aprisionam em um ciclo de repetição vazia. A tentativa de criar ordem e valor... more
This paper belongs to The Accuser Theory which encompasses several theoretical threads. The Abject Woman looks at Woman's relegation by the radical left in favour of paedophilic ideologies by highlighting transgressive fictions circa... more
O texto analisa o filme 'Stalker' de Andrei Tarkovsky, explorando como o diretor subverte as convenções da ficção científica através do personagem-título, uma espécie de guia místico para uma experiência transcendental na era científica.... more
O movimento entre as vivencias como artista e o que posso transmitir na condicao de professora de danca e o fio que da suporte a esta pesquisa. Minha tese esta sendo construida para investigar qual o status da coreografia na Graduacao em... more
Ao meu marido, Renato, pelas orientações, paciência e pitadas de ânimo nas horas difíceis. Ao meu filho, Renato, incansável revisor, pela atenção e carinho. À minha filha, Camila, pelos momentos de carinho, afeto e aconchego. À minha mãe,... more
Este artigo propõe uma análise sobre a representação do mal no conto “Johnny Panic e a bíblia dos sonhos” (2020), da escritora norte-americana Sylvia Plath. Considerada uma das maiores escritoras da era pós-guerra, Plath possuí uma obra... more
This is a meeting point between philosophy, literature and rhetoric with the purpose of finding out whether life is worth living or not. The literary device known as oxymoron is brought into within the context of the absurdist theory and... more
The aim of this thesis is to outline a new concept: negative faith. Negative faith is an unsayable, unknowable faith without an object, a form of energeia that explains the existence of what can be called impossible texts. Negative... more
Este trabalho se propõe a analisar comparativamente as obras Justine, do Marquês de Sade, e Psicopata Americano, de Bret Easton Ellis, com foco em seus personagens monstruosos e no sadismo do leitor. Patrick Bateman é, sem dúvida, um... more
Identity, often conceptualized as a continuum of the ego, lies at the conflux of both individual and collective interpretations of reality. The constructions of reality and identity are, however, far from being a purely cognitive trait;... more
One may not immediately think of Mary Harron's 2000 film adaptation of Bret Easton Ellis's controversial novel American Psycho as a "food film." However, from its opening frames,
The article deals with the question of the possibility of a new interpretation of Picasso's picture entitled Crucifixion, which was created in the context of the art paradigm shift in the 1930s when the master focused his attention to the... more
O interesse pelas formas de aproximação que as artes têm manifestado ao longo dos séculos remonta, bem o sabemos, à Antiguidade. Tanto filósofos quanto poetas e outros artistas têm procurado refletir sobre aquilo que aproxima e aquilo que... more
This paper intends to discuss the notion of intimacy presented by Peter Sloterdijk and the effects of digital technology on the interfacial relationship. The objective is to show how the articulation between psychoanalysis and... more
In the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries, globalization has significantly influenced gendered experiences worldwide. While scholarly attention has predominantly focused on women’s lives and marked gender identities since the... more
The article concerns various aspects of autobiography as they have been introduced by Jacques Derrida, who himself used the term “autobiographical” to refer to his philosophical writing. Unlike most scholars who stress the link between... more
Many of us, I believe, have not heard the term “Yuppie”. If you have then good but I certainly didn’t know about it until recently. I came across this term when I scrolling through reels, a famous Sigma trend featuring Patrick Bateman,... more
for inviting me to speak. Grants from the University of Rhode Island's Center for Humanities defrayed some of my research expenses and costs of permissions. Melissa Ramhold at Corbis Images provided prompt, cheery, and invaluable... more
Frontières et formes circulaires en face à face. Le concept des frontières fera l'objet de notre présent article dont le corpus est un roman de 2014, écrit par l'écrivain égyptien Mohamed Sadek, et intitulé Hepta ou 7 en langue grecque.... more
Since Ovid’s version of the Narcissus narrative, numerous readings and re-narrations have emerged across the globe that are related to the ancient myth of the beautiful youth who unwittingly sees himself in a pool of water and eventually... more
Ovid's work represents Echo in turning from bodily to bodiless shape, from the talkative voice to the surplus of voicelessness. Being punished to repeat the end of the sentences of the speaking-other, Echo is the ultimate figure of... more
opportunity to explore what I love doing. Thank you to Dr. Luszczynska for teaching me Literary Theory-a subject that I certainly had no clue about before, yet I love now. Plus, now, I have the cool philosophy vocabulary, a must-have if I... more
opportunity to explore what I love doing. Thank you to Dr. Luszczynska for teaching me Literary Theory-a subject that I certainly had no clue about before, yet I love now. Plus, now, I have the cool philosophy vocabulary, a must-have if I... more
Posfácio da edição brasileira de "Nadie encendía las lámparas", do escritor uruguaio Felisberto Hernández.
This is a response to the questions asked by Franco Passalacqua and Federico Pianzola as a follow-up of the 2013 ENN conference. The discussions that originated at the conference were rich and thought-provoking and so the editors of this... more
"Fictions of Proximity: Skepticism, Romanticism, and the Wallace Nexus" tells the story of a nexus of contemporary novelists around David Foster Wallace who took up the legacy of logical positivism and reworked it between the 1980s and... more
RESUMO: As reflexoes aqui suscitadas e fruto do esforco e desejo de debater as aproximacoes entre literatura e historia como possiveis territorios de interseccao. Na esteira desse fio condutor empreender um dialogo com O livro do riso e... more
The evolution of the serial killer in cinematic portrayal is described and examined in terms of its representation of the archetype of the shadow.
The evolution of the serial killer in cinematic portrayal is described and examined in terms of its representation of the archetype of the shadow.
Este trabalho tem como objetivo propor minhas reflexões sobre o conto A Casa de Meus Sonhos da autora Edna o'Brien. O conto traz a história de uma mulher que ao se despedir da casa revisita os seus cômodos que fazem-na relembrar dos... more
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