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What if I’m Not the Hero. What if I’m the Bad Guy? Representations of Evil in Anthony Burgess and Truman Capote
Palermo, Irene
Palermo, Irene
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As the theory of narratology shows, narrative is always in the process of transformation. The narrative of evil is ever-changing and can have many faces and, therefore, requires continuous interpretation. I propose an investigation of contemporary forms of evil narrated in two twentieth-century novels: A Clockwork Orange (1962) by Anthony Burgess and In Cold Blood (1965) by Truman Capote, to meditate upon the forms of evil that continue to characterize the Western experience. The way evil is defined and conveyed also becomes a way of understanding evil in fiction that deals with familiar and very human kinds of monstrosity. It is the narrative form (i.e., the stylistic and linguistic innovations) employed by the dystopian and the true crime genres that define Burgess and Capote’s evil characters.
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Thesis (B.A. in English Literature, Minor in Creative Writing, Minor in Communications)--John Cabot University, Fall 2022.
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2022
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Anthony Burgess, 1917-1993, Clockwork orange (Anthony Burgess, 1917-1993), Truman Capote, 1924-1984, In cold blood (Truman Capote, 1924-1984)
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Palermo, Irene. "What if I’m Not the Hero. What if I’m the Bad Guy?: Representations of Evil in Anthony Burgess and Truman Capote". BA Thesis, John Cabot University, Rome, Italy. 2022.