From Essentialism to Choice: The Quest for Identity in Neil Gaiman's American Gods

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dc.contributor.advisorBülgözdi, Imola
dc.contributor.authorKovács, Réka Cecília
dc.contributor.departmentDE--Bölcsészettudományi Karhu_HU
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-19T07:44:50Z
dc.date.available2017-05-19T07:44:50Z
dc.date.created2017-04-18
dc.description.abstractThe purpose of this paper is to discover what shapes and changes an individual’s identity construction in a modern society, as it is represented in Neil Gaiman’s American Gods. I argue that in his book, Gaiman challenges the questions of both essentialism and constructivism, and the controversy whether modern or pre-modern societies are more valuable, reflecting on the pros and cons of both social structures. I will study how the male protagonist’s identity quest is affected by the discourses of different cultural systems, and his own non-subject position. Shadow, as someone who tries to exclude himself from society, is a character who suffers from the crisis of identity. I will investigate the causes of this crisis, and also discuss the solution offered by the novel.hu_HU
dc.description.correctorBK
dc.description.courseAnglisztikahu_HU
dc.description.degreeBSc/BAhu_HU
dc.format.extent28hu_HU
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2437/240603
dc.language.isoenhu_HU
dc.subjectidentityhu_HU
dc.subjectNeil
dc.subjectGaiman
dc.subjectAmerican Gods
dc.subject.dspaceDEENK Témalista::Irodalomtudományhu_HU
dc.titleFrom Essentialism to Choice: The Quest for Identity in Neil Gaiman's American Godshu_HU
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Theses (Institute of English and American Studies)