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Genres in Rick Riordan's "Percy Jackson & The Olympians" Series

The aim of this thesis is to identify the genres which Rick Riordan’s "Percy Jackson & the Olympians" (2005-2009), a series of five novels ("Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief" (2005), "Percy Jackson and the Sea of Monsters" (2006), "Percy Jackson and the Titan’s Curse" (2007), "Percy Jackson and the Battle of the Labyrinth" (2008), "Percy Jackson and the Last Olympian" (2009)) incorporates, and to ascertain to what extent individual genres are represented in the series. The thesis distinguishes six genres as the most prominent in the novels: the family story, the school story, Bildungsroman, myth, fantasy and the adventure story. Each of these genres will be examined and viewed in the context of the series. The family and the school story, as well as Bildungsroman, are manifested in some aspects of the series. The three genres have many more attributes which cannot be detected as significant. However, as is stated in this thesis, there is no need for every attribute to be incorporated in the story for it to establish relationships to a certain genre. Three other genres, myth, fantasy and the adventure story genre, are prominent in Riordan’s series. The myths that Riordan uses in his novels are those of Greek gods and heroes and mythological creatures such as the Medusa, Calypso and Polyphemus. Fantasy, a genre closely associated with myth, is divided into numerous categories, and Rick Riordan’s works reflect some of them. The series is recognized as a work that falls within the category of mixed fantasy, more specifically journey fantasy, and within the category of heroic-ethical fantasy. This thesis shows that Rick Riordan largely based his novels on myth, thus creating a modern- day mythological fantasy amply interwoven with elements of adventure story.

school story ; family story/domestic tale ; Bildungsroman ; myth ; fantasy ; adventure story

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