Teen-age identity construction in Stephen KingA gendered view

  1. DIAZ PULIDO, LUIS FLORENCIO
Dirigée par:
  1. María Felisa López Liquete Directeur/trice

Université de défendre: Universidad del País Vasco - Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea

Fecha de defensa: 20 janvier 2016

Jury:
  1. Juan Ignacio Oliva Cruz President
  2. Amaia Ibarraran Bigalondo Secrétaire
  3. Carme Manuel Rapporteur

Type: Thèses

Teseo: 445696 DIALNET lock_openADDI editor

Résumé

"Basing the research on fields such as Feminism, Masculinities, Gothic Literature or Myth, this dissertation provides a gendered view of the construction of teen-age identity in the fiction of Stephen King. In this analysis of the teen-age characters in some of his narratives patriarchy, power and the rise of feminism in the 1970s play a fundamental role. Carrie (1974) expresses an amalgamation of feminist anxieties about gender and power, while Christine (1983), by showing how patriarchy works for men and boys, puts the concept of male power in a quandary. On the other hand, ""The Body"" (1982) provides a mythological context to the origins of the crisis of masculinity Americans seem to suffer since the arrival of feminist and gendered movements. The Talisman (1984) reveals how this crisis was socially constructed and imaginatively battled during the Reagan Era. Finally, It (1986) gives a fairy talesque happy ending to the question. However, this conclusion hides a poignant moral message about America and its future. "