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Fear And Loathing In Dystopia: The Ruckwartsroman And The Narrative Of Fear, Brooke Vaughan
Fear And Loathing In Dystopia: The Ruckwartsroman And The Narrative Of Fear, Brooke Vaughan
Theses & Honors Papers
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The Young Adult Addiction Novel: A Modern Tragedy, Carrie Rosson Hicks
The Young Adult Addiction Novel: A Modern Tragedy, Carrie Rosson Hicks
Theses & Honors Papers
This thesis defines tragedy and introduces the young adult addiction novel as a form of modern tragedy. The tragedy genre has altered drastically throughout the ages. The new brands of tragedy reflects the vastly different society in which modern readers live, whereas, original tragedies focused on royalty or political leaders and were often written in verse until the eighteenth. This thesis examines Ellen Hopkins’ Crank (2004) and Melvin Burgess’ Smack (1996). The examination found that Crank is written in free verse, not as a tribute to the great poets of old, but as a way to add emphasis to words, …