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dc.contributor.advisorJonsson, Emelie
dc.contributor.authorMoe, Marius
dc.date.accessioned2022-07-07T05:45:36Z
dc.date.available2022-07-07T05:45:36Z
dc.date.issued2022-05-15en
dc.description.abstractThis master’s thesis analyses BioShock Infinite as a critique of American exceptionalism. As a multi-modal video game, Infinite merges aesthetic design, music, and narrative into an egocentric moral experiences that allows for moral deliberation surrounding the self. This thesis aims to provide textual support that , by perversion of American symbols and myths, BioShock Infinite offers a critique of American values of populism, individualism, Christianism, and capitalism. Analysis of characters such as Comstock, the religious leader, and Jeremiah Fink, the ruthless businessman, provide support that they function as personifications of American exceptionalism’s values. Furthermore, the city of Columbia mirrors American society structurally, critiquing the historic exploitation of the working class and minority groups. Through BioShock Infinite’s position as a large-scale production published by an American company, it has the ability to offer social commentary from within the hegemonic culture. Despite Infinite’s 2013 release predating the 2016 election, the rhetoric and alternative facts of Zachary Hale Comstock has parallels to Donald Trump’s cult of personality, and offers insights into the values that creates populist authoritarian leaders.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10037/25767
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherUiT Norges arktiske universitetno
dc.publisherUiT The Arctic University of Norwayen
dc.rights.holderCopyright 2022 The Author(s)
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0en_US
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)en_US
dc.subject.courseIDENG-3983
dc.subjectVDP::Humanities: 000::Literary disciplines: 040::English literature: 043en_US
dc.subjectVDP::Humaniora: 000::Litteraturvitenskapelige fag: 040::Engelsk litteratur: 043en_US
dc.subjectVDP::Humanities: 000::Literary disciplines: 040en_US
dc.subjectVDP::Humaniora: 000::Litteraturvitenskapelige fag: 040en_US
dc.subjectvideo gamesen_US
dc.subjectAmerican exceptionalismen_US
dc.subjectbioshock infiniteen_US
dc.titleThe Cult of Americanism: An analysis of BioShock Infinite’s dystopic Columbia as social commentary on American exceptionalismen_US
dc.typeMastergradsoppgavenor
dc.typeMaster thesiseng


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