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Male Narrative Identity in Young Adult Literature: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Narrative Psychology and Literary Analysis

Smith, Spencer J
http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1944-8692
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ouhonors1366989257

Abstract Details

2013, Bachelor of Arts (BA), Ohio University, English.
Literary scholars often delve into psychology to interpret works of fiction, but rarely has fiction been used to inform psychological theory. The primary aim of this thesis is to understand what one might be able to learn about adolescent development and narrative formation from young adult literature. Largely by applying Dan P. McAdams “life-story” framework for narrative development--especially his ideas of communion, agency, and imagoes--to young adult novels, I intend to show how narrative psychology is extremely important to existing notions of adolescent development. I will explore these ideas in three novels: The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger, The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton, and Life of Pi by Yann Martel.
Joseph Bianco (Advisor)
86 p.
American Literature; Canadian Literature; Comparative Literature; Literature; Psychology
narrative psychology; adolescence; young adult literature; Life of Pi; The Catcher in the Rye; The Outsiders

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  • Smith, S. J. (2013). Male Narrative Identity in Young Adult Literature: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Narrative Psychology and Literary Analysis [Undergraduate thesis, Ohio University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ouhonors1366989257

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Smith, Spencer. Male Narrative Identity in Young Adult Literature: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Narrative Psychology and Literary Analysis. 2013. Ohio University, Undergraduate thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ouhonors1366989257.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Smith, Spencer. "Male Narrative Identity in Young Adult Literature: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Narrative Psychology and Literary Analysis." Undergraduate thesis, Ohio University, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ouhonors1366989257

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