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Transforming the Rebel Self: Quest Patterns in Fiction by William Styron, Flannery O'Connor and Bobbie Ann Mason

Dissertationsschrift
BuchKartoniert, Paperback
152 Seiten
Englisch
Peter Langerschienen am14.10.2010
In pursuit of selfhood, the non-conformist hero of the Post-World War II American South sets out on an uncertain path leading to confrontation and finally transformation. This study examines William Styron's "Sophie's Choice", Flannery O'Connor's "The Violent Bear It Away" and Bobbie Ann Mason's "In Country".mehr

Produkt

KlappentextIn pursuit of selfhood, the non-conformist hero of the Post-World War II American South sets out on an uncertain path leading to confrontation and finally transformation. This study examines William Styron's "Sophie's Choice", Flannery O'Connor's "The Violent Bear It Away" and Bobbie Ann Mason's "In Country".

Inhalt/Kritik

Inhaltsverzeichnis
Contents: Quest Motif - William Styron - Flannery O´Connor - Bobbie Ann Mason - The Southern Quester in Post-World War II America - Rites of passage - Bildungsroman - Joseph Campbell - The monomyth - The transformational process of the youthful protagonist in 20th century American literature - The «rebel-self» - Gender perspectives - Mythology in post-modern American literature - Expressing the «banality of evil» - The search for selfhood - Understanding the Southern homeland in the post-modern world.mehr

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Autor

Sharon Therese Nemeth, a native Californian, earned her Magister Artium degree in Anglistik and Germanistik from the Universität Mannheim, analyzing the short stories of Flannery O'Connor. She has taught courses in translation, writing, and English as Second Language (ESL) at the university and corporate level in Germany for many years and is also active in the publishing sector and as a translator.
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