The Fairy Tale and the Works of Améile Nothomb

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dc.contributor.advisorHoffmann, Kathryn
dc.contributor.authorHarrison, Kevin it's
dc.contributor.departmentFrench
dc.date.accessioned2020-07-07T19:14:04Z
dc.date.available2020-07-07T19:14:04Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.description.abstractA man who photographs dead women, another who has trapped a woman on an island without mirrors, and the chance encounter between a hideous ornithologist and jewelry model; these are the subjects of the novels studied in this thesis. Written by Belgian author Amélie Nothomb, these novels (Barbe bleue, Mercure, and Riquet à la houppe), even though they are quite distinct from one another, have one common thread that runs through them: the fairy tale. Nothomb does not just rewrite the plots of fairy tales; she shows how objects affect the narrative of a tale. Through jewels, mirrors, eyeballs, and photographs, Nothomb crafts unique, sometimes hybrid fairy tales that demonstrate how the physical things that fill a story can be sites of female empowerment and community. This thesis, through a combination of literary and material cultural approaches, studies the objects that appear in Nothomb's novels and unravels their function in her narratives.
dc.description.degreeM.A.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10125/68995
dc.languageeng
dc.publisherUniversity of Hawaii at Manoa
dc.subjectFrench fiction
dc.subjectNothomb, Amélie
dc.subjectFairy tales
dc.titleThe Fairy Tale and the Works of Améile Nothomb
dc.typeThesis
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local.identifier.alturihttp://dissertations.umi.com/hawii:10638

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