Today's Treasure.
| dc.contributor.advisor | Kersten, D. | |
| dc.contributor.advisor | Wilbers, U.M. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Evers, S. | |
| dc.date.issued | 2015-08-15 | |
| dc.description.abstract | This thesis aims to elucidate the subject of cultural relocation in contemporary adaptations of Robert Louis Stevenson’s Treasure Island. Delaney’s 2001 sequel Jim Hawkins and the Curse of Treasure Island, Drake’s 2010 prequel Flint & Silver, and Motion’s 2012 sequel Silver: Return to Treasure Island have been selected as primary sources on the basis of their relative chronology to Treasure Island’s fictional universe, their literariness, and their publishing date. Close reading has been employed as the main method to gain a deep understanding of the texts, focusing especially on three elements of fiction; plot, character, and setting. These elements also constitute the subtopics of the thesis. In the first chapter, plot is shown to be directly related to themes of slavery, barbarism, and romance, with romance as the dominant addition in the three case studies. The female protagonist of each adaptation tie! s in with this notion, as explained in the second chapter about character. The third chapter provides an analysis of setting and its supporting role in the aforementioned cultural relocation of plot and setting. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://theses.ubn.ru.nl/handle/123456789/822 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.thesis.faculty | Faculteit der Letteren | en_US |
| dc.thesis.specialisation | Engelse taal en cultuur | en_US |
| dc.thesis.studyprogramme | Bachelor Engelse taal en cultuur | en_US |
| dc.thesis.type | Bachelor | en_US |
| dc.title | Today's Treasure. | en_US |
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