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Metamorphoses of Daniel Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe in the Twenty-First Century

Name: Metamorphoses of Daniel Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe in the Twenty-First Century
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Author: Carola Katharina Bauer
ISBN: 978-3-656-18788-2

A Postcolonial Reading of Terry Pratchett’s Nation (2008)

Term Paper (Advanced seminar), 2010

20 Pages, Grade: 1,00

Carola Katharina Bauer (Author)

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1. ROBINSON CRUSOE MEETS THE DISCWORLD: PRATCHETT VS. DEFOE

2. DANIEL DEFOE'S ROBINSON CRUSOE (1719) IN THE LIGHT OF POSTCOLONIAL THEORY
2.1 Robinson Crusoe - A 'True Symbol of British Conquest'
2.2 Friday and the 'Savages' - Race, Religion and Slavery in Robinson Crusoe

3. TERRY PRATCHETT'S NATION (2008) - 'REWORKING THE OLD CRUSOE-MYTH'
3.1 'Ghost Girl' and 'Noble Savage' - Searching for Robinson and Friday
3.2 Representing the Past: The British Empire and colonialist discourse in Pratchett's Nation

4. CONCLUSION

5. BIBLIOGRAPHY
5.1 Primary Sources
5.2 Secondary Sources

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Title: Metamorphoses of Daniel Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe in the Twenty-First Century
Subtitle: A Postcolonial Reading of Terry Pratchett’s Nation (2008)
College: University of Bayreuth
Grade: 1,00
Author: Carola Katharina Bauer (Author)
Year: 2010
Pages: 20
Catalog Number: V193476
ISBN (eBook): 9783656185086
ISBN (Book): 9783656187882
File size: 519 KB
Language: English
Keywords: Defoe, Robinson Crusoe, Robinsonade, Postcolonial Theory, Pratchett, Postmodernism

Quote paper: Carola Katharina Bauer (Author), 2010, Metamorphoses of Daniel Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe in the Twenty-First Century, Munich, GRIN Verlag, https://www.grin.com/document/193476

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