An Evolutionary Analysis of Moby Dick: The Pequod's Search for Brotherhood, Status, and Mystery
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Summary, in English
Applying contemporary ideas regarding the role literature may have had in human evolutionary history to literary analysis, using Herman Melville's Moby Dick as a case study. The paper focuses on the function of male bonding in the text, the ways in which the setting is defined by humanity's evolutionary past, and the artistic function of the hunt, as it is described in the text.
Department/s
- Master's Programme: Literature - Culture - Media
- Comparative Literature
Publishing year
2011
Language
English
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Document type
Student publication for Master's degree (two years)
Topic
- Languages and Literatures
Keywords
- Evolution
- Herman Melville
- literary Darwinism
- Moby Dick
Supervisor
- Anna Lindhé (Dr)