Systemic oppression in children's portal-quest fantasy literature
This thesis investigates the representation of systemic oppression in Baum’s The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone. Employing Foucauldian poststructuralism and critical discourse analysis, this research identifies how the social systems of the fantasy text...
Main Author: | Owen, Christopher |
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Language: | English |
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University of British Columbia
2015
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/2429/52890 |
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