Apologia and Degradation of Intimacy in the Novel and the Movie I Served the King of England

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This essay examines the varieties of intimacy depicted in the novel and the film “I Served the King of England” and shows how totalitarianism prioritized love to the Party and the Party Leader over the intimate love between men and women and how the Nazi idea of the pure race transformed human sexuality into animalistic copulation.


Apologia and Degradation of Intimacy in the Novel and the Movie I Served the King of England

  • Apologia and Degradation of Intimacy in the Novel and the Movie I Served the King of England
    • FIRST PUBLISHED:
    • VOLUME/ISSUE: КНИГА 4
    • PUBLISHER: Institute for Literature
    • ORGANIZATION: Institute for Literature - BAS, BULGARIA
    • ISSN (Print): 2738-7631 || ISSN (Online): 2815-2999
  • Apologia and Degradation of Intimacy in the Novel and the Movie I Served the King of England
    Abstract:

    This essay examines the varieties of intimacy depicted in the novel and the film “I Served the King of England” and shows how totalitarianism prioritized love to the Party and the Party Leader over the intimate love between men and women and how the Nazi idea of the pure race transformed human sexuality into animalistic copulation.

    Subject: CINEMA, GOTHIC, CANON ADAPTATION AND REPRESENTATION
    Keywords: Бохумил Храбал, Иржи Менцел, идеологизирана интимност, секс, тоталитаризъм, нацизъм, расизъм