Transforming the rebel self : quest patterns in fiction by William Styron, Flannery O'Connor and Bobbie Ann Mason
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Transforming the rebel self : quest patterns in fiction by William Styron, Flannery O'Connor and Bobbie Ann Mason
（Europäische Hochschulschriften = Publications universitaires européennes = European university studies, Series 14. Anglo-Saxon language and literature = Angelsächsische Sprache und Literatur = Langue et littérature anglo-saxonnes ; Vol. 461）
Peter Lang, 2010
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Zugl.: Heidelberg, Univ., Diss, 2010
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Description
The quest motif forms the framework of the journeys undertaken by the three youthful protagonists of this study. 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. Joseph Campbell's ground-breaking analysis of the quest motif is the starting point for the patterns described in these journeys. The quest takes the hero through a perilous post-modern landscape often in conflict with the legacy of the past. It is a place where the optimistic mainstream of the American Dream is juxtaposed with the trauma of human suffering. Through a close textual analysis, the author elucidates multi-faceted characters and thematic while shedding new light on a reading of Southern fiction. Although significantly different novels, important common threads are revealed linking the quest motifs in these works. 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.
Table of Contents
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.
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