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Umeå Studies in the Humanities 133
Identity Through the Other
Canadian Adventure Romance for Adolescentsby Clarence Larsson |
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This study of English-Canadian adventure romance for adolescents seeks to demonstrate the cultural significance of the genre. By means of a semiotic-structuralist approach the selected books by James Houston, Monica Hughes, and Markoosie are examined as a signifying system conveying discourses that constitute a code of connection to the social context of contemporary young-adult readers.
Structured on the formula: separation - initiation - return and informed by the symbolism death-rebirth, the sample of stories holds out the promise of a life-enhancing return.
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