Storytelling tricksters: a reader’s coming-of-age in young adult fantasy fiction in Germany

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dc.contributor.authorKim, Chorong
dc.contributor.supervisorPnevmonidou, Elena
dc.date.accessioned2018-06-13T14:21:17Z
dc.date.available2018-06-13T14:21:17Z
dc.date.copyright2018en_US
dc.date.issued2018-06-13
dc.degree.departmentDepartment of Germanic and Slavic Studiesen_US
dc.degree.levelMaster of Arts M.A.en_US
dc.description.abstractIn this thesis, I examine three works of modern German fantasy fiction for young adults, their common grounding in the Romantic aesthetic framework and in particular the Romantic notion of creativity, and the implication of their unique fantasy fiction paradigm in our modern day. The novels are Michael Ende’s The Neverending Story (1979), Inkheart (2003) by Cornelia Funke and The City of Dreaming Books (2006) by Walter Moers. They represent a Germany-specific narrative paradigm which can be seen in the protagonist readers’ transformation from mere readers into storymakers/storytellers, and in the conflict between a book-loving hero and antagonists who are against literature. The protagonists embody the Romantic notion of creativity that involves the sublimation of a poet’s crisis into an exploration of the self. The mundane is infused with fantasy, thereby elevating reality to an idealised state. These Romantic storytelling readers act as tricksters, a fairy tale archetype that shares similarities with the figure of the Romantic poet. I employ the theoretical frameworks of German Romanticism, Frankfurt School critical theory, and postmodern models, including those by Deleuze and Guattari. I argue for a modern version of the trickster archetype which explains how a complacent, passive reader becomes an active storyteller.en_US
dc.description.scholarlevelGraduateen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1828/9441
dc.languageEnglisheng
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.rightsAvailable to the World Wide Weben_US
dc.subjectMichael Endeen_US
dc.subjectGerman Literatureen_US
dc.subjectFantasy Fictionen_US
dc.subjectTricksteren_US
dc.subjectGerman Romanticismen_US
dc.subjectNovalisen_US
dc.subjectCornelia Funkeen_US
dc.subjectWalter Moersen_US
dc.subjectYoung Adult Fictionen_US
dc.subjectYoung Adult Fantasy Fictionen_US
dc.subjectGerman Young Adult Fantasy Fictionen_US
dc.subjectThe Neverending Storyen_US
dc.subjectFrankfurt School critical theoryen_US
dc.subjectStorytellingen_US
dc.subjectDie Unendliche Geschichteen_US
dc.subjectTintenherzen_US
dc.subjectDie Stadt der Träumenden Bücheren_US
dc.subjectHeinrich von Ofterdingenen_US
dc.subjectCulture Industryen_US
dc.subjectAnglo-American fantasy fictionen_US
dc.titleStorytelling tricksters: a reader’s coming-of-age in young adult fantasy fiction in Germanyen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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