Fantastical disruptions: representation and ideology in historical fiction for children

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dc.contributor.advisorMcGillis, Roderick F.
dc.contributor.authorGrattan, Tricia Charlotte
dc.date.accessioned2017-12-18T21:25:20Z
dc.date.available2017-12-18T21:25:20Z
dc.date.issued2007
dc.descriptionBibliography: p. 139-148en
dc.description.abstractThis thesis examines how the insertion of fantasy into historical fiction for children offers a subversive challenge to monologism. As Rosemary Jackson explains, "the fantastic traces the unsaid and the unseen of culture: that which has been silenced" (4). I draw on the work of Linda Hutcheon and Mikhail Bakhtin to argue that the fantastical can efface straightforward equations of history with "truth," permitting alternate perspectives. I first examine Julius Lester's use of magical realism and tall tales to question conceptions of slavery. Next, I turn to the historical narratives of Paul Yee, and demonstrate how effectively the ghost story can create a multifaceted history that links past to present. I also investigate three times lip novels that demonstrate the genre's strengths and limitations. As long as historical fiction influences how children conceive of their pasts, presents and futures, fantasy's capacity to inte1ject dialogism into these understandings will remain important.
dc.format.extentv, 148 leaves ; 30 cm.en
dc.identifier.citationGrattan, T. C. (2007). Fantastical disruptions: representation and ideology in historical fiction for children (Master's thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca. doi:10.11575/PRISM/1291en_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/1291
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1880/102292
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Calgaryen
dc.publisher.placeCalgaryen
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dc.titleFantastical disruptions: representation and ideology in historical fiction for children
dc.typemaster thesis
thesis.degree.disciplineEnglish
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Calgary
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Arts (MA)
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ucalgary.thesis.accessionTheses Collection 58.002:Box 1718 520492235
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