Essays about: "Naked Lunch"

Found 2 essays containing the words Naked Lunch.

1. 1. Resistance Through Space : A Comparative Study of Narrative and Space in Naked Lunch and On the Road

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

   Author : Luca Pirro; [2016]
   Keywords : Beat; space; resistance; control; cut-up; travel narrative; Kerouac; Burroughs; Foucault;

   Abstract : This essay compares two influential novels from the Beat era, William Burroughs’ Naked Lunch and Jack Kerouac’s On the Road, and how they use the spatial dimension of writing as a tool for resistance. The spatiality of Kerouac’s travel narrative is compared to the spatiality of Burroughs cut-up narrative, and the spaces of cities and the road are analyzed. READ MORE

3. 2. “Visibility is a Trap” : Revealing the Metaphor of the Simian in Naked Lunch. 

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

   Author : Monika Borduz; [2015]
   Keywords : normalization; simian; abnormality; critical animal studies; power mechanisms; Michel Foucault; metaphor; monkey; ape; William S Burroughs; docile body; Naked Lunch; uninhibited human; duality;

   Abstract : Thus far, the novel Naked Lunch has not been discussed from the aspect of critical animal studies, nor has it been connected to the theories of Michel Foucault. This essay however, argues that these diverse fields could be connected through the use of the simians that are frequently employed in Naked Lunch. READ MORE