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Escape through the literary borderlands: A postmodern examination of Michael Chabon’s The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay

dc.contributor.advisor Irizarry Rodríguez, José M.
dc.contributor.author Albertorio Pizarro, Heri J.
dc.contributor.college College of Arts and Sciences - Arts en_US
dc.contributor.committee Vicente, Nancy Vanessa
dc.contributor.committee Flores, Leonardo
dc.contributor.committee Rivera, Rosita
dc.contributor.department Department of English en_US
dc.contributor.representative Boglio, Rafael
dc.date.accessioned 2018-04-09T14:54:25Z
dc.date.available 2018-04-09T14:54:25Z
dc.date.issued 2015
dc.description.abstract This thesis explores how Michael Chabon’s The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, winner of the 2001 Pulitzer Prize in Fiction, can be considered a postmodern trickster text that merges the literary and artistic art-forms of the high and the popular cultures. This will be done by looking at how the text embodies the aesthetics of postmodernism, particularly the elements of temporal disorder, pastiche and fragmentation. Furthermore, the thesis analyzes how the prose comic retellings of Joe Kavalier and Sammy Clay pushes the boundaries of fiction writing. Moreover, on how this text can be considered a trickster, this thesis shows how it too resembles the cultural merging characteristics of this worldly literary figure. Ultimately, this project analyzes the novel’s potential of being a transformative text that escape the margins of literary fiction.
dc.description.abstract Esta tesis explora cómo la novela The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay de Michael Chabon, que fue ganador del Premio Pulitzer 2001 en la categoria de ficción, se puede considerar un texto postmodernista trickster que fusiona las formas artísticas literarias y de las culturas alta y populares. Esto se realiza al ver cómo el texto encarna la estética de la postmodernidad, en particular los elementos del desorden temporal, el pastiche y la fragmentación. De otra forma, la tesis analiza cómo las narraciones en prosa de comics creadas por Joe Kavalier y Sammy Clay provoca los límites de la escritura de ficción. Por otra parte, sobre cómo este texto puede ser considerado un trickster, esta tesis muestra cómo también se asemeja a las características fusionadas culturales de esta figura literaria mundial. En última instancia, este proyecto analiza el potencial de la novela de ser un texto transformador que escapar de los márgenes de la ficción literaria.
dc.description.graduationSemester Summer en_US
dc.description.graduationYear 2015 en_US
dc.identifier.uri https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11801/348
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.rights.holder (c) 2015 Heri J. Albertorio Pizarro en_US
dc.rights.license All rights reserved en_US
dc.subject Michael Chabon en_US
dc.subject Postmodernism en_US
dc.subject Fiction writing en_US
dc.subject.lcsh Chabon, Michael -- Criticism and interpretation en_US
dc.subject.lcsh Post-modernism (Literature) en_US
dc.subject.lcsh Comic, The, in literature en_US
dc.subject.lcsh Chabon, Michael -- Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay en_US
dc.subject.lcsh Popular culture and literature en_US
dc.title Escape through the literary borderlands: A postmodern examination of Michael Chabon’s The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay en_US
dc.type Thesis en_US
dspace.entity.type Publication
thesis.degree.discipline English Education en_US
thesis.degree.level M.A.E.E. en_US
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