Portraying immoral characters and manipulating readers: The novels You and Lolita
Bourass, Yasmine
Promotor(s) : Tunca, Daria
Date of defense : 26-Aug-2024/5-Sep-2024 • Permalink : http://hdl.handle.net/2268.2/21686
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Title : | Portraying immoral characters and manipulating readers: The novels You and Lolita |
Translated title : | [fr] Représentation de personnages immoraux et manipulation de lecteurs : les romans You et Lolita |
Author : | Bourass, Yasmine |
Date of defense : | 26-Aug-2024/5-Sep-2024 |
Advisor(s) : | Tunca, Daria |
Committee's member(s) : | Bada, Valérie
Spinoy, Erik |
Language : | English |
Number of pages : | 91 |
Keywords : | [en] immoral [en] manipulation [en] unreliability [en] identification [en] detachment |
Discipline(s) : | Arts & humanities > Literature |
Target public : | Researchers Professionals of domain Student General public |
Institution(s) : | Université de Liège, Liège, Belgique |
Degree: | Master en langues et lettres modernes, orientation germaniques, à finalité didactique |
Faculty: | Master thesis of the Faculté de Philosophie et Lettres |
Abstract
[en] This thesis explores the portrayal of two immoral characters: Humbert Humbert (Nabokov's Lolita) and Joe Goldberg ( Kepnes' You). It also investigates the manipulative techniques employed to evoke ambiguous feelings. The analysis includes an examination of the different literary techniques used to portray these immoral characters and influence the reader's perception.
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