Byron and Eating Disorders

Mgr. Markéta Dudová

Bachelor's thesis

Abstract:

This thesis examines eating disorders both in the private life of Byron and in his masterpiece Don Juan. As eating disorder is understood any behaviour that deviates from the Western norm or order. The eating disorders in Don Juan range from common anorexia and compulsive eating to extreme eating disorders such as the consumption of a dog or cannibalism. Byrons own eating disord is viewed as a textual practice he uses to subvert the Western social order.

Keywords

Byron, Romanticism, Don Juan, eating disorders, totemic dinner, cannibalism, compulsive eating, anorexia

Jazyk práce: English

Datum vytvoření / odevzdání či podání práce: 30. 6. 2006

Obhajoba závěrečné práce

• Obhajoba proběhla 5. 9. 2006
• Vedúci: doc. Michael Matthew Kaylor, PhD.

Masaryk University

Faculty of Arts

Bachelor programme / odbor:
Humanities / English Language and Literature