Paper Topic: Lauren

For my paper, I am focusing on how affect is seen and interpreted when observed with the subconscious infatuation with capital gain and one’s status in the economy. Much focus is placed on the idea of obsession with the specific affect of excitement. I am concentrating on how setting, surroundings and upbringing (more oriented towards Rosetta) influence this affect. The two main pieces I am referencing to support my argument are Bartleby, the Scrivener: A Story of Wall-street and Lauren Berlant’s Cruel Optimism. If I am able, I would also like to compare this desire to popular culture as discussed in the Grossberg article.