The Myth of the American Dream as reflected in Adrian Lyne’s Indecent Proposal  1993

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The Myth of the American Dream as reflected in Adrian Lyne’s Indecent Proposal 1993

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Lerzan GÜLTEKİN

Yayıncı:

American Studies Association of Turkey (ASAT)

Dergi:

Journal of American Studies of Turkey 2004 Issue 19, pp.69-75

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Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

3/2004

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İngilizce

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2000734960

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İki Yıllık

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1300-6606

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The aim of this article is to give a brief survey of the development of the  American Dream as the national myth of socioeconomic success, based on  capitalist competition, and analyze its influence on contemporary American  society, as reflected in Adrian Lyne’s film Indecent Proposal.  As is known, myths are about human nature with all its hopes, desires,  fears and needs. However, they also embody the cultural values of any given  community as a way of bringing order and meaning to life. Moreover most  myths generally emphasize the same point: the search for the self – in other  words, the quest myth of self-knowledge. The quest is a spiritual journey, or  rather a psychological journey to maturity through which heroes need to  define, or ‘prove’ themselves, and suffer the agony of adult life to gain its  reward and to make a name  Leeming 197 . Richard Slotkin writes that  human beings are “essentially a myth-making animal[s]”  7 , and “[m]yth is  history successfully disguised as archetype  20  because “myths are stories  drawn from history”  16 . He also states that American history, replete with  myths peculiar to its culture, reflects the mythologization process through  the cluster of indigeneous myths called the American Dream of success.

Makale detayları

The Myth of the American Dream as reflected in Adrian Lyne’s Indecent Proposal 1993

Yazarlar: Lerzan GÜLTEKİN

Yayıncı: American Studies Association of Turkey (ASAT)

Dergi: Journal of American Studies of Turkey 2004 Issue 19, pp.69-75

Belge Tipi: Makale

Yayın Tarihi: 3/2004

Belge Dili: İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.): 2000734960

Sıklık: İki Yıllık

pISSN: 1300-6606

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Yazarlar:

Lerzan GÜLTEKİN

Yayıncı:

American Studies Association of Turkey (ASAT)

Dergi:

Journal of American Studies of Turkey 2004 Issue 19, pp.69-75

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

3/2004

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2000734960

Sıklık:

İki Yıllık

pISSN:

1300-6606