Truths of Monsters

Coming of Age with Fantastic Media

Häftad, Engelska, 2021

Av Ildikó Limpár, Ildiko Limpar, Donald E. Limpár, Ildikó, Palumbo, Donald E. Palumbo, C.W. Sullivan III, III C. W. Sullivan

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As monster theory highlights, monsters are cultural symbols, guarding the borders that society creates to protect its values and norms. Adolescence is the time when one explores and aims at crossing borders to learn the rules of the culture that one will fit into as an adult. Exploring the roles of monsters in coming-of-age narratives and the need to confront and understand the monstrous, this work explores recent developments in the presentation of monsters--such as the vampire, the zombie, and the man-made monster--in maturation narratives, then moves on to discuss monsters inhabiting the psychic landscapes of child characters. Finally, it touches on monsters in science fiction, in which facing the monstrous is a variation of the New World narrative. Discussions of novels by M. R. Carey, Suzanne Collins, Neil Gaiman, Theodora Goss, Daryl Gregory, Sarah Maria Griffin, Seanan McGuire, Stephenie Meyer, Patrick Ness, and Jon Skovron are complemented by analysis of television series, such as Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Westworld.

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Utgivningsdatum2021-04-02
Mått152 x 229 x 13 mm
Vikt345 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieCritical Explorations in Science Fiction and Fantasy
Antal sidor257
FörlagMcFarland & Co Inc
ISBN9781476683485

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Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Monsters Roaming the Space of Coming of AgePart I—Monstrous Family Matters1. The Monstrous Friend and Lover: Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight Saga2. Apocalyptic Monsters in Need of a Family: Daryl Gregory’s Raising Stony Mayhall and M.R. Carey’s The Girl with All the Gifts3. The Rebellious Child: Jon Skovron’s Man Made Boy and Sarah Maria Griffin’s Spare and Found Parts4. Oppressed Daughters and Oppressing Fathers: Theodora Goss’s The Extraordinary Adventures of the Athena Club SeriesPart II—The Monstrous Wilderness of the Teenage Mind5. Dangerous and Safe Spaces: Neil Gaiman’s The Graveyard Book and Coraline6. Destructive and Healing Psychic Landscape: Siobhan Dowd and Patrick Ness’s A Monster Calls7. Spaces of Escape for the Abused: Seanan McGuire’s Wayward Children SeriesPart III—Inhuman(e) Frontiers of Growing8. Alien New World Wilderness: Patrick Ness’s Chaos Walking Trilogy9. “Muttated” New World Garden: The Hunger Games Trilogy10. Frankensteinian Wild West for Adults Growing Up: HBO’s WestworldConclusionChapter NotesWorks CitedIndex

“Explores the historical and contemporary narrative of the monster in fiction…focus[es] on adolescent dealings with monsters, and the different parts of society they occupy…Limpár gives readers familiar references as they read about monster psychology and how the characters’ reactions to their circumstances parallel real-life reactions to things out of one’s control. This book is an interesting read for all lovers of fantasy and horror, and its academic tone could also make it useful for a freestyle literature course.”—Booklist