Violence in the Novel American Psycho 
.... In fact, some of the black
humor of the
novel centers around Bateman's frequent confessions which are utterly ignored by his friends. ....
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Violence in American Psycho The novel American Psycho, by Brett ...
.... In fact, some of the black
humor of the
novel centers around Bateman's frequent confessions which are utterly ignored by his friends. ....
(2736
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Gus Lee's novel China Boy
.... Lee's
novel, is not only young, he is physically small, ignorant of the American culture in which he was born, and unable---except through his sense of
humor--- ....
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Don DeLillo's novel White Noise
The Gladney family, in Don DeLillo's
novel White Noise is an extreme portrayal of .... changing hands" (DeLillo 6). Leaving aside the question of the
humor of such ....
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Huckleberry Finn as Tragifarce In his Adventures of Huckleberry ...
.... As such, much of the satirical
humor in the
novel is directed toward providing an indictment of slavery "in all its ugliness" (Hearn 578). ....
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Satirical Elements in Huckleberry Finn In his Adventures of ...
.... As such, much of the satirical
humor in the
novel is directed toward providing an indictment of slavery "in all its ugliness" (Hearn 578). ....
(2039
8
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Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
.... commercial success. Much of the
novel's humor, tenderness and liveliness "comes from the way it scatters all over the place. It takes ....
(810
3
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Huckleberry Finn
.... the dialects reinforce the verisimilitude of the characters' behavior--all in the context of
humor. That occurs from the very opening of the
novel, in which ....
(1996
8
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Pride & Prejudice
.... daughters. This scene is not in the
novel and further lends the film a level of
humor that is not as pervasive in the book. Further ....
(1360
5
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Film/Book Versions of Midnight in Garden of Good & Evil
.... These kinds of conservative choices by the filmmaker have basically removed the
humor, weirdness and mystery that make the
novel so appealing. ....
(1007
4
)
Joyce Ulysses
.... He also uses satire and
humor throughout the
novel. One of the funniest pieces of satire comes when Bloom is pondering the cush live afforded to Priests. ....
(1877
8
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The American Novel
.... and analyzes motives, suspects, possible solutions, all with a good deal of engaging, wisecracking
humor. Not until the last page of the
novel does Christie ....
(2630
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Lolita
.... However, Nabokov's virtuoso command of the English language and his injection of extremely funny black
humor into the
novel distance us from its erotic and ....
(2388
10
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Lolita
.... of the subject matter and demonstrate the tragicomic nature of Humbert's desire for Lolita, Nabokov resorts to a mixture of tragedy and
humor in the
novel. ....
(774
3
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William Styron's novel The Confessions of Nat Tur
.... the
novel. The story is told through Turner's eyes. Because the reader identifies with Turner, the effect is to make the story more personal.
Humor is not used ....
(1642
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Umberto Eco's The Name of the Rose
.... The purpose of the
novel is to defend
humor and its importance in human affairs, and this is seen as a modern conception, one against which the medieval world ....
(1557
6
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DON QUIXOTE
.... Again, though, the many-layered scenes of this
novel allow us to counter reality and .... So, he cloaked his comments in
humor, and put words and deeds into the ....
(1237
5
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Rebirth of Chivalry in "Don Quixote"
.... Again, though, the many-layered scenes of this
novel allows us to counter reality and .... So, he cloaked his comments in
humor, and put words and deeds into the ....
(1231
5
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Influence of a Pushkin Poem on a Bely Novel
.... of Petersburg and the statue of Peter the Great dominates the Bely
novel. .... devices of the Symbolist approach, which gives the symbolism a
humor absent in the ....
(1617
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What's Eating Gilbert Grape: Novel into Film
.... The
novel is told using first-person narrative, Gilbert's account of his life and the .... even those who have not read the book miss the poetry and
humor of his ....
(1677
7
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Mikhail Bulgakov's The Master and Margarita
.... Bulgakov most often critiques this repression with
humor, as when the editor tells .... the devil, but also because it sets the stage for the
novel's basic conflict ....
(1666
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Gabriel Garcia Marquez
.... purposes. The first, and most obvious, is to produce
humor in a
novel whose story line is essentially black and hopeless. The absurdity ....
(2272
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Views of Society and Gender
.... study will examine and compare the worlds described in Joseph Heller`s
novel Catch-22 .... obvious similarity in the two books is the abundant use of
humor in the ....
(1332
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The House of the Spirits
.... and the next. The supernatural in this
novel also serves as the source of much
humor, both ironic and blatant. It starkly sets itself ....
(1388
6
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The supernatural in House of the Spirits
.... and the next. The supernatural in this
novel also serves as the source of much
humor, both ironic and blatant. It starkly sets itself ....
(1388
6
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Wise Children
.... is filled with
humor, poignancy, magical realism and a sense of "seizing the day" as the main refuge against mortality. Dora Chance narrates the
novel that is ....
(1036
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Angela Carter's Wise Children
.... is filled with
humor, poignancy, magical realism and a sense of "seizing the day" as the main refuge against mortality. Dora Chance narrates the
novel that is ....
(1036
4
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Ernest J. Gaines' novel, In My Father's House
.... in civil rights, to leading the community with strength and righteousness and
humor. .... It is important to note here that Gaines'
novel is effective in part ....
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Joseph Andrews (Henry Fielding)
.... well or badly. Parson helps to resolve the
novel's tension by dispelling it through
humor (Spilka in Goldberg 412). In seeking a ....
(1850
7
)
Hard Times
.... The
novel is Dickens' plea for a utilitarian mode of government and society. .... We see how satire and
humor are able to evoke self-reflection. ....
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