The Man Booker Prize and its Influence on the Reception of its Nominees: A Case Study of Julian Barnes' The Sense of an Ending and A.D. Miller's Snowdrops
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2018-07-02
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This bachelor thesis examines the way in which the Man Booker prize plays a role in the general reception of the prize’s selected nominees. It will present an analysis of two specific novels that were nominated for the Man Booker Prize in 2011, and will do this in the form of case studies. These case studies will be situated within the framework of discourse analysis, based on the theory by Michel Foucault, as will be modelled after Anna Auguscik’s method in Prizing Debate (2017). This theory and method will be used in case studies on 2011 Booker Prize winner Julian Barnes and his novel The Sense of an Ending as well as nominee A.D. Miller with Snowdrops. The structure of the case studies will be according to the five phases Auguscik identifies in Prizing Debate as being most influential for a novel’s reception. These five phases include pre-publication positioning, post publication coverage, attention on behalf of other prizes and events, interest surrounding paperback publication and finally, remaining attention on behalf of the novel’s connectivity to other events etc. Each case study will result in an “attention profile”. Not only will I attempt to apply Auguscik’s method to my own case studies, I will also put it to the test to see if it succeeds in what it sets out to do, namely, to measure the Booker’s effect on the reception of its nominees.
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