"Trust me - it's paradise" : the escapist motif in into the wild, the beach and are you experienced? /

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The author analyzes three books on escapism and the various ways in which it is represented in them. He focuses on Alex Garland's backpacker cult novel 'The Beach' and William Sutcliffe's satire of the gap-year traveler 'Are You Experienced?' as well as Jon Krakauer...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Krehan, Hannes (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hamburg, Germany : Anchor Academic Publishing, 2014.
Temas:
Escape (Psychology) > Germany.
Culture > History.
Escape (Psychology)
Évasion (Psychologie)
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS > Life Stages > General.
PSYCHOLOGY > Developmental > General.
PSYCHOLOGY > Developmental > Lifespan Development.
PSYCHOLOGY > General.
Culture
Germany
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • „Trust me
  • it's paradise"; Table of Contents; Introduction; 1. Literary aspects; 1.1 Influences of the Bildungsroman; 1.2 Influences of travel literature; 1.3 Unreliable Narration; 2. Cultural Aspects; 2.1 Escape through travel; 2.2 Escape into drugs; 2.3 Danny Boyle's The Beach (2000); 2.4 Sean Penn's Into The Wild (2007); Conclusion; Bibliography; Primary Sources; Secondary Sources

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