López-Cordero, Ivette M.

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A walk through the standing stones: The historical novel, gender and the supernatural in Diana Gabaldon’s Outlander.
(2019-05-13) López-Cordero, Ivette M.; Haydock, Nickolas; College of Arts and Sciences - Art; Vicente, Nancy Vanesa; Rivera, Rosita; Department of English; Zapata, Rocío
Traditionally, historical/fantasy novels perpetuate stereotypical narratives; said works are situated in the past and provide some historical background, though unfortunately history is often sacrificed in the quest for “relevance.” This isn’t the case with Diana Gabaldon’s bestselling Outlander novel series. It’s lead female protagonist, Claire Randall, a World War II combat nurse travels through time when she walks through ancient standing stones in Scotland and finds herself caught up in the last Jacobite Rebellion of 1745. Gabaldon, attempts to follow in the footsteps of the works of Sir Walter Scott by transforming the historical novel, interlacing Scottish folklore and foregrounding her concern with the role of women in the making of history. This thesis seeks to show how Diana Gabaldon presents herself as a modern female historical novelist, using these theoretical lenses in order to create her fiction in Outlander as well as in its television adaptation.