Research Article

Hedonism and Its Presentation in “La Grande Bouffe”

Volume: 10 Number: 4 October 20, 2021
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Hedonism and Its Presentation in “La Grande Bouffe”

Abstract

In this article, the messages of Marco Ferreri, one of the genuine directors of European cinema, in the grotesque comedy style of La Grande Bouffe (The Big Feast, 1973), which is about four middle-aged hedonist men who know no limits in consumption, were examined in the context of philosophical criticism. In the film, in which the lack of boundaries in greed, decay and collapse at the class level is embodied with black humor in the context of radical hedonism criticism, an ethical understanding of pleasure-oriented human understanding is also implied by depicting the extremes of insatiability and consumption. The aim of this article is to show that a remarkable critique of a certain human understanding and lifestyle is made through the characters of the radical hedonist bourgeois male friends group that the film La Grande Bouffe focuses on. In this direction, La Grande Bouffe is examined through the concept of hedonism by making a descriptive film analysis with a qualitative approach.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

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Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

October 20, 2021

Submission Date

January 20, 2021

Acceptance Date

May 9, 2021

Published in Issue

Year 2021 Volume: 10 Number: 4

APA
Akmeşe, E. (2021). Hedonism and Its Presentation in “La Grande Bouffe”. MANAS Sosyal Araştırmalar Dergisi, 10(4), 2423-2432. https://doi.org/10.33206/mjss.865051
AMA
1.Akmeşe E. Hedonism and Its Presentation in “La Grande Bouffe.” MJSS. 2021;10(4):2423-2432. doi:10.33206/mjss.865051
Chicago
Akmeşe, Eşref. 2021. “Hedonism and Its Presentation in ‘La Grande Bouffe’”. MANAS Sosyal Araştırmalar Dergisi 10 (4): 2423-32. https://doi.org/10.33206/mjss.865051.
EndNote
Akmeşe E (October 1, 2021) Hedonism and Its Presentation in “La Grande Bouffe”. MANAS Sosyal Araştırmalar Dergisi 10 4 2423–2432.
IEEE
[1]E. Akmeşe, “Hedonism and Its Presentation in ‘La Grande Bouffe’”, MJSS, vol. 10, no. 4, pp. 2423–2432, Oct. 2021, doi: 10.33206/mjss.865051.
ISNAD
Akmeşe, Eşref. “Hedonism and Its Presentation in ‘La Grande Bouffe’”. MANAS Sosyal Araştırmalar Dergisi 10/4 (October 1, 2021): 2423-2432. https://doi.org/10.33206/mjss.865051.
JAMA
1.Akmeşe E. Hedonism and Its Presentation in “La Grande Bouffe”. MJSS. 2021;10:2423–2432.
MLA
Akmeşe, Eşref. “Hedonism and Its Presentation in ‘La Grande Bouffe’”. MANAS Sosyal Araştırmalar Dergisi, vol. 10, no. 4, Oct. 2021, pp. 2423-32, doi:10.33206/mjss.865051.
Vancouver
1.Eşref Akmeşe. Hedonism and Its Presentation in “La Grande Bouffe”. MJSS. 2021 Oct. 1;10(4):2423-32. doi:10.33206/mjss.865051

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