Essays about: "My Year of Rest and Relaxation"

Found 2 essays containing the words My Year of Rest and Relaxation.

1. 1. Going To Bed Now: Dissociation Feminism and Implicit Critique in My Year of Rest and Relaxation

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

   Author : Jonathan Bäckström; [2023]
   Keywords : Docile body; The Culture Industry; Dissociation Feminism; Femcel; Sedation; My Year of Rest and Relaxation; Ottessa Moshfegh;

   Abstract : The purpose of this essay is to examine how the novel My Year of Rest and Relaxation (2018 / 2019) by Ottessa Moshfegh, through the lens of dissociative feminism, can be interpreted as a critique regarding commodification of the body. To explore this claim, I discuss the protagonist’s dissociative feminist behaviour in contrast to her friend Reva’s femcel-behaviour. READ MORE

3. 2. Worlds, Dress and Things in Moshfegh's My Year of Rest and Relaxation

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)

   Author : Lina Norén; [2022]
   Keywords : Thing theory; Heidegger; Moshfegh; Dress; Ontology; Time;

   Abstract : This thesis aims to analyse dress in Moshfegh’s My Year of Rest and Relaxation, both in its independent being and in its relation to the characters of the novel. Thing theory is the main methodology of use, with the support of the Heideggerian concept of ‘world’. READ MORE