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“If You Haven’t Made Somebody Angry, You Haven’t Done Something Right:” Larry Kramer’s Outsider Persona

Gavrila, Rebecca Lynn
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1124717883

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2005, Master of Arts (MA), Bowling Green State University, Theatre and Film.
This study offers an exploration of Larry Kramer’s outsider persona, and how that persona affected both his writings as well as public perception of the author. A critical analysis of Faggots, several activist texts from the Reagan administration, and The Normal Heart provide the case studies from which I analyze Kramer’s persona/s/. This thesis analyzes these works and is informed by deconstructive terms, particularly those of Paul de Man and Jacques Derrida. In addition, Philip Auslander’s notion of persona provides the definition of a term that is continually explored in each of the three chapters. The outcome of this text is not whether Kramer has an outsider persona, but how that persona developed and became a permanent feature of his writings and public appearance. In the conclusion of this study I show through recent writings how Kramer’s persona and the public’s response to his words still are relevant today.
Jane Barnette (Advisor)
68 p.
Theater
Larry Kramer; Persona; Interdisciplinary; Gay Male Fiction; Gay Male Drama; Activism

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  • Gavrila, R. L. (2005). “If You Haven’t Made Somebody Angry, You Haven’t Done Something Right:” Larry Kramer’s Outsider Persona [Master's thesis, Bowling Green State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1124717883

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Gavrila, Rebecca. “If You Haven’t Made Somebody Angry, You Haven’t Done Something Right:” Larry Kramer’s Outsider Persona. 2005. Bowling Green State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1124717883.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Gavrila, Rebecca. "“If You Haven’t Made Somebody Angry, You Haven’t Done Something Right:” Larry Kramer’s Outsider Persona." Master's thesis, Bowling Green State University, 2005. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1124717883

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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