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The Transnational Bildungsroman: New Perspectives on Postcolonial Coming of Age Narratives

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dc.contributor Julien, Eileen
dc.creator Thiao, Moussa
dc.date 2017-01-29T03:55:51Z
dc.date 2017-01-29T03:55:51Z
dc.date 2016-12
dc.date.accessioned 2023-02-21T11:20:40Z
dc.date.available 2023-02-21T11:20:40Z
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/2022/21218
dc.identifier.uri http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/CUHPOERS/253089
dc.description Thesis (Ph.D.) - Indiana University, Comparative Literature, 2016
dc.description My argument in this dissertation is that exposure to multiple cultures through various media and social networks complicates identity formation as adolescents find new ways of socializing within and across borders. Such social connectedness contributes to the emergence of both a new sense of selfhood marked by multiple allegiances or lack thereof, and a new type of Bildungsroman. Questions that this dissertation seeks to elucidate include: in this interconnected and media-oriented world, how has the notion of Bildung changed? How does multicultural consciousness shape the young protagonist’s sense of self, community and place? How is identity negotiated both at home and in a foreign setting? How does the thematization of this new configuration affect the form and the meaning of the Bildungsroman?
dc.language en
dc.publisher [Bloomington, Ind.] : Indiana University
dc.subject Bildungsroman
dc.subject Deterritorialization
dc.subject Hybridity
dc.subject Insterstitiality
dc.subject Migration
dc.subject Transnational
dc.title The Transnational Bildungsroman: New Perspectives on Postcolonial Coming of Age Narratives
dc.type Doctoral Dissertation


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