The Portrayal of American Psychos in the Light of Power

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dc.contributor.advisorPataki, Éva
dc.contributor.authorHéthy, Amira
dc.contributor.departmentDE--Bölcsészettudományi Karhu_HU
dc.date.accessioned2022-05-20T09:37:18Z
dc.date.available2022-05-20T09:37:18Z
dc.date.created2022
dc.description.abstractMy thesis takes an interdisciplinary approach to the analysis of power, relying on the works of thinkers such as Max Weber, Bertrand Russell, John R. P. French and Bertram H. Raven, giving the theoretical background of the paper. Accordingly, the first chapter focuses on the notion, forms and sources of power based on the theories and models by the authors. The second chapter approaches it from a more legal point of view highlighting the difference between legitimacy and illegitimacy, the limits of power, and tries to identify several criminal acts in relation to power such as white-collar crime, corruption, or violence. Finally, the last chapter attempts to explore the psychological effects of exerting power on the possessor’s character, life and environment. Furthermore, I intend to analyze the mentioned issues and the representation of power through three American literary and cinematic works centering around characters who may be considered as power-hungry psychopaths in their own peculiar ways: Francis Ford Coppola’s underworld epic of a Mafia family The Godfather (1972), HBO’s recent series Succession (2018) following the life of a powerful but dysfunctional dynasty, and Bret Easton Ellis’s infamous novel about the madness of the Manhattan elite American Psycho (1991).hu_HU
dc.description.correctorKE
dc.description.courseAnglisztikahu_HU
dc.description.degreeBSc/BAhu_HU
dc.format.extent21hu_HU
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2437/333543
dc.language.isoenhu_HU
dc.rights.accessHozzáférhető a 2022 decemberi felsőoktatási törvénymódosítás értelmében.
dc.subjectpowerhu_HU
dc.subjectcrimehu_HU
dc.subjectThe Godfatherhu_HU
dc.subjectSuccession (series)hu_HU
dc.subjectPsycho (novel)hu_HU
dc.subject.dspaceDEENK Témalista::Irodalomtudományhu_HU
dc.titleThe Portrayal of American Psychos in the Light of Powerhu_HU
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Theses (Institute of English and American Studies)