Terry Pratchett's Narrative Worlds From Giant Turtles to Small Gods /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Rana, Marion (Επιμελητής έκδοσης, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2018.
• Σειρά: Critical Approaches to Children's Literature
• Θέματα: Children's literature.; British literature.; Literature, Modern-20th century.; Literature, Modern-21st century.; Fiction.; Children's Literature.; British and Irish Literature.; Twentieth-Century Literature.; Contemporary Literature.

This book highlights the multi-dimensionality of the work of British fantasy writer and Discworld creator Terry Pratchett. Taking into account content, political commentary, and literary technique, it explores the impact of Pratchett's work on fantasy writing and genre conventions. With chapter...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 1. Shedding the Light Fantastic on Terry Pratchett's Narrative Worlds: An Introduction; Marion Rana
• 2. Be A Witch, Be A Woman: Gendered Characterisation of Terry Pratchett's Witches; Alice Nuttall
• 3. "Not the Most Stable of Creatures": Female Monstrosity and Gender Negotiations in the Character of Angua von Uberwald; Marion Rana
• 4. "There Is No Race So Wretched That There Is Not Something Out There That Cares for Them": Multiculturalism, Understanding, Empathy and Prejudice in Discworld; Mel Gibson
• 5. And the World Continues to Spin Secularism and Demystification in Good Omens; Daniel Scott
• 6. (Non-) Formal Education in Terry Pratchett's Discworld Novels: Mort's Apprenticeship, Tiffany's Coming of Age, Susan's Learning Path and the Unseen University; Maxi Steinbrück
• 7. Learning Relativism through Humour, Intertextuality and the Shift of Viewpoint in the Truckers-Trilogy; Virginie Douglas
• 8. Parody, Pastiche and Satire in Terry Pratchett's Discworld Novels; Gideon Haberkorn
• 9. "At Times like This It's Traditional that a Hero Comes Forth": Romance and Identity in Terry Pratchett's Guards! Guards!; Emily Lavin Leverett
• 10. Fantasy as Belief and its Happenings in Terry Pratchett's Hogfather; Minwen Huang
• 11. The Old and the New: Metamodern Oscillation and Reconstruction in Johnny and the Dead and Nation; Nurul Fateha
• 12. Feeling the Potential of Elsewhere: Terry Pratchett's Nation in Theatre; Justyna Deszcz-Tryhubczak
• 13. Where Discourse Becomes Discworld: Terry Pratchett, Postmodern Writing and Genre Conventions; Thomas Scholz.