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The Mafia Gangster in American Crime Fiction: an analysis of the phenomenon of the mafia with reference to "The Godfather", "Goodfellas" and "The Sopranos"

Name: The Mafia Gangster in American Crime Fiction: an analysis of the phenomenon of the mafia with reference to "The Godfather", "Goodfellas" and "The Sopranos"
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Author: Diplomsportwissenschaftler David Fußinger
ISBN: 978-3-656-21661-2

Hausarbeit (Hauptseminar), 2012

25 Seiten, Note: 1,3

Diplomsportwissenschaftler David Fußinger (Autor:in)

Leseprobe

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction

2. American Crime Fiction
2.1 The satisfaction of murder
2.2 The invention of the gangster
2.3 The importance of the gangster in American culture

3. The mafia gangster in American culture
3.1 The etymology of the term “mafia”

4. The phenomenon of the mafia in literature and on television
4.1 Mario Puzo’s The Godfather and the film trilogy by Francis Ford Coppola
4.2 Martin Scorsese’s Goodfellas (1990)
4.3 David Chase’s The Sopranos (1999-2007)

5. The decline of the American mafia

6. Conclusion

List of references

Ende der Leseprobe aus 25 Seiten

Details

Titel: The Mafia Gangster in American Crime Fiction: an analysis of the phenomenon of the mafia with reference to "The Godfather", "Goodfellas" and "The Sopranos"
Hochschule: Universität zu Köln (English Department 1)
Veranstaltung: The Official World
Note: 1,3
Autor: Diplomsportwissenschaftler David Fußinger (Autor:in)
Jahr: 2012
Seiten: 25
Katalognummer: V195612
ISBN (eBook): 9783656213772
ISBN (Buch): 9783656216612
Dateigröße: 511 KB
Sprache: Englisch
Schlagworte: The mafia gangster, American gangster, American crime fiction, the mafia gangster in literature and on tv, The Godfather, Goodfellas, The Sopranos, the gangster in american culture, mafia, Martin Scorsese, Mario Puzo, David Chase, the decline of the american mafia

Arbeit zitieren: Diplomsportwissenschaftler David Fußinger (Autor:in), 2012, The Mafia Gangster in American Crime Fiction: an analysis of the phenomenon of the mafia with reference to "The Godfather", "Goodfellas" and "The Sopranos", München, GRIN Verlag, https://www.grin.com/document/195612

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