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THE BRATPACK CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN NOVEL WRITING

    2 Author(s):  GOVINDAPPA.M, DR.SUSHMA GUPTA

Vol -  3, Issue- 3 ,         Page(s) : 126 - 132  (2012 ) DOI : https://doi.org/10.32804/IRJMSH

Abstract

In this Master’s thesis, we examine to which degree it is possible to compare the works of the Literary Brat Pack in terms of the portrayal of Masculinity and Consumerism in The Last Bachelor (2009), and we further discuss how these portrayals of respectively masculinity and consumerism are linked to identity formation within the literary characters of these novels and short stories. In order to analyze the consumerism portrayed, we use several sociological theories on consumerism to shed light on this. Mainly, we use Bourdieu and his concept of capital as this theory provides us with a more extensive insight into the literary characters than other theories on consumerism, as he also focuses on aspects such as social relations and cultural accomplishments. When we analyze the portrayal of masculinity in the literature select, we also use several theorists. In this regard, we work under the impression that ‘troubled masculinity’ is linked to the rising consumerism of the 80s: the decade of the debuts of the Literary Brat Pack.

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