Childness and the writing of the German past : a study of the narrative functions of tropes of childhood in German literature 1990-2001
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Nora Maguire, 'Childness and the writing of the German past : a study of the narrative functions of tropes of childhood in German literature 1990-2001', [thesis], Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Germanic Studies, 2010, pp 294Download Item:
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The thesis examines the narrative functions of tropes of childhood in a selection of post-reunification German novels for adults. The methodology is based on a practice of close textual analysis, focusing particularly on focalization, narration and the implied reader. The conceptual tool of “childness” is also developed as a means of distinguishing clearly between childhood as empirical state and childhood as socio-cultural construct; this concept also facilitates analysis of child figures as agents of narration and focalization, as well as of the significance of childhood and child figures as objects of narration.
Author: Maguire, Nora
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McGowan, MorayQualification name:
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)Publisher:
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