Messier, Vartan P.

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    Canons of transgression: Shock, scandal, and subversion from Matthew Lewis' The Monk to Bret Ellis' American Psycho
    (2004) Messier, Vartan P.; Haydock, Nickolas; College of Arts and Sciences - Art; Batra, Nandita; Irizarry, José; Department of English; Morales, Alfredo
    This thesis examines the relationship between transgressive texts–traditionally defined as those that aim to challenge and possibly subvert the artistic, social, or political traditions of a culture—and their acceptance within literary canons. First tracing the evolution of the processes of canon-formation, this study develops a framework for transgressive texts to reach canonical status, using John Guillory’s framework of “cultural capital” to address the issue of canonicity and Georges Bataille’s theories on transgression. While the taboo-breaking properties of transgressive texts might seem directly to exclude them from meeting canonical criteria——traditionally strongly based on ideas of social righteousness——this study proposes, however, that it is specifically because of their ground-breaking perspectives that, as their stock as cultural capital increases, texts such as Matthew Lewis’ The Monk and Bret Easton Ellis’ American Psycho are capable of shaping and/or altering accepted perceptions of socio-cultural standards and criteria.
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    Consumerism after theory: Globalization and the end of transnational discourse in Néstor García Canclini's cultural empiricism
    (Centro de Publicaciones Académicas, Facultad de Artes y Ciencias, Universidad de Puerto Rico en Mayagüez, 2007) Messier, Vartan P.; University of California-Riverside
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    The natural right to absolute freedom
    (Centro de Publicaciones Académicas, Facultad de Artes y Ciencias, Universidad de Puerto Rico en Mayagüez, 2011) Messier, Vartan P.; Queensborough College (CUNY)
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    Bataille after Deleuze: Temporality at the margins of philosophy
    (Centro de Publicaciones Académicas, Facultad de Artes y Ciencias, Universidad de Puerto Rico en Mayagüez, 2009) Messier, Vartan P.; University of California at Riverside