Universität zu Köln

Schnitzler, Laura-Marie (2020). Fantasy’s Traumatic Take on the Bildungsroman: Reading Neil Gaiman. PhD thesis, Universität zu Köln.

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Abstract

Neil Gaiman’s novelistic work presents a tell-tale combination of fantasy, trauma writing, and the bildungsroman. At their core, all of Gaiman’s novels chart journeys of becoming, using fantasy as a guise to facilitate renewed coming-of-age processes even in adult characters. This book examines the way Gaiman unites these seemingly paradoxical genres to great effect. Analysing the thoroughly postmodern writings of the author, Schnitzler teases out the different ways fantasy engages with the difficult subject of traumatic representations while building on the well-established structure of the bildungsroman.

Item Type:	Thesis (PhD thesis)
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Schnitzler, Laura-Marie lauramarieschnitzler@gmail.com UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-105044
Date:	13 January 2020
Language:	English
Faculty:	Faculty of Arts and Humanities
Divisions:	Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Fächergruppe 5: Moderne Sprachen und Kulturen > Englisches Seminar I
Subjects:	English
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language fantasy literature English Neil Gaiman English Bildungsroman English trauma English postmodernism English
Date of oral exam:	20 December 2017
Referee:	Name Academic Title Neumeier, Beate Prof. Dr. Liebrand, Claudia Prof. Dr.
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/10504