A Monster We Love： Dexter＇s Reproductive Futures  

作　　者：Randal Rogers 

机构地区：[1]University of Regina, Regina, SK, Canada

出　　处：《Journal of Literature and Art Studies》2016年第9期1027-1037,共11页文学与艺术研究（英文版）

摘　　要：While there has been significant scholarly attention to the Showtime Series Dexter （2006-13） and the fundamental choice between being good or evil that its protagonist Dexter Morgan must make, this article advances scholarship in three ways. Firstly, it examines Dexter＇s final twist in plot and the decision Dexter makes to finally embrace his ＂dark passenger＂ to argue for the necessity of the plot twist to the series, which scholarship has not yet performed. Secondly, by situating Dexter＇s decision within a framework focused on reproductive futurism, a revised and more nuanced approach to Dexter＇s ontological dilemma can be proffered. Finally, by locating Dexter＇s dark passenger within the theoretical frames of reproductive futurism and community this article adds an important dimension to notions of the monster conventionally rooted in theories of identity and subjectivity. In the final moments of the series everything changes for Dexter as his identity is redeemed for a reproductive future without guarantees, which this article argues is germane to considerations ofbiopolitics and community in the contemporary period.

关 键 词：Dexter reproductive future BIOPOLITICS community serial killers MONSTERS REDEMPTION 

分 类 号：Q959.7[生物学—动物学] TP393.08[自动化与计算机技术—计算机应用技术]