American young adult novels and their European fairy-tale motifs
| Titel: | American young adult novels and their European fairy-tale motifs / Lucia Huang |
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| Verfasser: | |
| Veröffentlicht: | New York [u.a.] : Lang, 1999 |
| Umfang: | XIV, 122 S. : Ill. |
| Format: | Buch |
| Sprache: | Sprache nicht angegeben |
| Schriftenreihe/ mehrbändiges Werk: |
American University Studies : XIV ; 44 |
| ISBN: | 0820439789 |
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| Lokale Klassifikation: | Sekundärliteratur |
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- Abbreviation/Short Titles
- p. xi
- Foreword
- p. xiii
- Chapter I
- Introduction
- p. 1
- Chapter II
- The Helper Motif
- p. 15
- Different Types of Helpers
- p. 16
- Characteristics of the Helpers
- p. 34
- Chapter III
- The Motif Of Unpromising Hero/Heroine
- p. 43
- Cinderella Figures
- p. 43
- Simpleton Figures
- p. 49
- Chapter IV
- The Motif Of Abandoned Children
- p. 55
- Unfortunate Abandoned Children
- p. 56
- Fortunate Abandoned Children
- p. 70
- Chapter V
- The Magic Motif
- p. 83
- Transformation
- p. 83
- Magic Invisibility
- p. 90
- Chapter VI
- The Deception Motif
- p. 97
- Chapter VII
- Conclusion
- p. 103
- Appendix
- p. 111
- Bibliography
- p. 113
- Index
- p. 119