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Old Traits and New Fiction, The Role of the Contemporary Bildungsroman in Contemporary Fiction : A Comparison Based on Hanif Kureishi's The Buddha of Suburbia and Charles Dickens' Great Expectations

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Author

  • Karin Svensson

Summary, in English

The aim of this essay is to study the key characteristics of the Bildungsroman and examine if the same traits still are in use in contemporary fiction and what values that are being mediated. The aim is also to focus on the style in which the pedagogical message is being delivered thus highlighting the possible differences and similarities between an old-fashioned Bildungsroman, Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations, and a contemporary one, Hanif Kureishi’s The Buddha of Suburbia.

Department/s

Publishing year

2009

Language

English

Document type

Student publication for Bachelor's degree

Topic

  • Languages and Literatures

Keywords

  • Hanif Kureishi
  • Bildungsroman
  • Buddha in literature
  • fulfillment
  • inner peace
  • pedagogical
  • moral lesson
  • traits
  • contemporary values
  • Great Expectations
  • Charles Dickens
  • Suburbia

Supervisor

  • Eivor Lindstedt (PhD, Senior Lecturer)