Essays about: "Den engelske patienten"

Found 1 essay containing the words Den engelske patienten.

  1. 1. "...that wondrous thing about the human being, it can change" : Performativity and Agency in Michael Ondaatje's The English Patient

    University essay from Estetisk-filosofiska fakulteten

    Author : Håkan Tallgren; [2009]
    Keywords : Ondaatje; Den engelske patienten; Butler; Tallgren; The English Patient; agency; performativity;

    Abstract : This essay uses the concept of performativity to illustrate how identity change and the possibility to shape one’s identity, agency, are treated in Michael Ondaatje’s The English Patient. Originally a theory introduced by queer theorist Judith Butler, performativity explains how a sense of identity stems not from innate qualities but from behaviour, or stylized acts, that is regulated by the norms of society. READ MORE