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December, 20th, 2004
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Kierkegaard's Narrative:

Moviegoer, The

Walker Percy

The model for the genre, it features long passages directly inspired by Kierkegaard

Protagonist: Binx Bolling
Aesthetic Preoccupation: Movies
Affairs: With a string of secretaries
Repetition: Returning to an old moviehouse
Death: Protagonist's half-brother
Existential Humanist Act: Marries his step-cousin.

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