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Old Traits and New Fiction, The Role of the Contemporary Bildungsroman in Contemporary Fiction : A Comparison Based on Hanif Kureishi's The Buddha of Suburbia and Charles Dickens' Great Expectations

Svensson, Karin LU (2009) ENGK01 20091
English Studies
Abstract
The aim of this essay is to study the key characteristics of the Bildungsroman and examine if the same traits still are in use in contemporary fiction and what values that are being mediated. The aim is also to focus on the style in which the pedagogical message is being delivered thus highlighting the possible differences and similarities between an old-fashioned Bildungsroman, Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations, and a contemporary one, Hanif Kureishi’s The Buddha of Suburbia.
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author
Svensson, Karin LU
supervisor
organization
course
ENGK01 20091
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
Hanif Kureishi, Bildungsroman, Buddha in literature, fulfillment, inner peace, pedagogical, moral lesson, traits, contemporary values, Great Expectations, Charles Dickens, Suburbia
language
English
id
1413554
date added to LUP
2010-03-19 15:23:53
date last changed
2010-03-19 15:23:53
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  abstract     = {{The aim of this essay is to study the key characteristics of the Bildungsroman and examine if the same traits still are in use in contemporary fiction and what values that are being mediated. The aim is also to focus on the style in which the pedagogical message is being delivered thus highlighting the possible differences and similarities between an old-fashioned Bildungsroman, Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations, and a contemporary one, Hanif Kureishi’s The Buddha of Suburbia.}},
  author       = {{Svensson, Karin}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Old Traits and New Fiction, The Role of the Contemporary Bildungsroman in Contemporary Fiction : A Comparison Based on Hanif Kureishi's The Buddha of Suburbia and Charles Dickens' Great Expectations}},
  year         = {{2009}},
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