Naslov
The Light and the Dark: Susan Cooper

Autori
Maljcov, Tamara

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Ocjenski radovi, diplomski rad, diplomski

Fakultet
Učiteljski fakultet

Mjesto
Zagreb, Hrvatska

Datum
30.09

Godina
2014

Stranica
39

Mentor
Narančić Kovač, Smiljana

Ključne riječi
Susan Cooper; the Light; the Dark; children; magic; fantasy

Sažetak
The thesis focuses on Susan Cooper's quintet The Dark is Rising and its representation of good and evil, the Dark and the Light. In order to uncover the meanings of the two opposing forces, Cooper’s background is given first. Secondly, fantasy and epic fantasy are considered more closely. Since both rely on myth and legend, the connections to Celtic and Welsh and in particular Arthurian legends are observed and explained. Cooper’s fantasy world is then compared to Tolkien, from whom she draws some ideas, and to her contemporary J. K. Rowling, who is one of the leading authors of children’s fantasy today. Then the focus shifts to the problem of the Light and the Dark – how they are represented, what their meanings are and, in the end, how this model reflects and borrows from the concept of New Age ideology, which affects many modern authors.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Pedagogija, Filologija

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