Published 2011-01-01
Keywords
- Dexter,
- psychopathy,
- monstrosity,
- routine,
- irony
- television show,
- opening credits,
- blood ...More
Abstract
Can we, as spectators, identify with a main character who is a psychopath and a mass murderer? Why do we feel friendliness towards him? This article discusses how everyday life and monstrosity are bonded together by irony in Dexter, which, in combination with the strangeness to social conventions and human relations that the protagonist feels, and the fact that, while profoundly dark, he is actually an emotionally disabled hero, make him one of the most amusing and appealing characters of current television.References
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BRILLA, Catalin (2010). Why do we love Dexter Morgan in the morning. The Art of the Title Sequence. Recuperada de www.artofthetitle.com/why-do-we-love-dexter-morgan-inthe-morning/.
GOLDTEIN, Sarah A. (2009). Not Your Average Criminal: Dexter, Weeds and The Sopranos, Challenching Traditional Media Portrayals. Tesis doctoral. Burnaby (Canadá): Simon Fraser University.
HADDON, Mark (2004). El curioso incidente del perro a medianoche. Barcelona: Salamandra.
HILL, Shona y SMITH, Shilinka (2009). Fearful Irony: The Case of Being Dexter(ous). En FRANKLIN, Leanne y RICHARDSON, Ravenel (ed.): The Many Forms of Horror, Fear and Terror (pp. 93-102). Inter-Disciplinary Press. Oxford: 2009.
HOWARD, Douglas L. (ed.) (2010). Dexter: investigating cutting edge televisión. Nueva York, Londres: I.B. Taurus.
LINDSAY, Jeff (2006). Querido Dexter. Barcelona: Ediciones Urano.
PEACOCK, Steven (2010). Dexter’s Hollow Designs. En HOWARD, Douglas L. (ed.), Dexter: investigating cutting edge televisión (pp. 49-58). Nueva York, Londres: I.B. Taurus.
PEIRSE, Alison (2010). In a lonely place? Dexter and film noir. En HOWARD, Douglas L. (ed.), Dexter: investigating cutting edge televisión (pp. 189-204). Nueva York, Londres: I.B. Taurus.
RAMOS BRASILIENSE, Ramone (2009). Os sentidos midiáticos da ordem e da monstruosidade em Dexter. Revista da Associação Nacional dos Programas de Pós-Graduação em Comunicação | E-compós, v.12, n.3, set./dez. Brasilia. Recuperada de www.e-compos.org.br.
TEUTEBERG, Jasmin (2009). America’s favourite serial killer. The Creation of Sympathy in the Perception of Criminals in Television Crime Narratives – Exemplified by the Series Dexter. Tesis doctoral. Estocolmo, Suecia: Stockholm University, JMK. www.showtime.com http://www.pizquita.com/listadocapitulos-777.html.