“PASSION FOR THE REAL” THROUGH SNUFF FILM IN BRET EASTON ELLIS’S AMERICAN PSYCHO
“PASSION FOR THE REAL” THROUGH SNUFF FILM IN BRET EASTON ELLIS’S AMERICAN PSYCHO
Author(s): Sinem YazıcıoğluSubject(s): Literary Texts
Published by: Editura Universităţii de Vest din Timişoara / Diacritic Timisoara
Keywords: blank fiction; narrative; passion for the real; suff; violence; virtual reality
Summary/Abstract: Alain Badiou defines the 20th century in terms of “the passion for the real”. The aim of this paper is to discuss how the term is materialized through the use of snuff film in Bret Easton Ellis’s American Psycho, and how snuff film functions as a narrative apparatus in the novel.
Journal: B.A.S. British and American Studies
- Issue Year: 2011
- Issue No: 17
- Page Range: 61-68
- Page Count: 8
- Language: English
