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When the British Empire ruled over half the world, stories of brave boys and men who dis-covered strange peoples and far-away places were much in demand. Many of these stories about manliness and colonial adventure are still read and loved today. This seminar will put a focus on authors like Rudyard Kipling, Henry Rider Haggard, George M. Fraser, J.M. Barrie and Arthur Conan Doyle. Our analysis of exemplary adventure novels will take the colonial historical background into account, focus on imperial implications and racial stereotypes. We will have a look at the tradition that brought forth Indiana Jones, who is a direct ideological descendant of Rider Haggard’s Alain Quatermain.
Students are asked to buy and read before the start of the seminar:
Barrie, J.M. Peter Pan. London et al: Penguin Books, 2005.
Conan Doyle, Arthur. The Lost World. Oxford et al: OUP, 2008.
Rider Haggard, Henry. King Solomon’s Mines. Oxford et al: OUP, 2008. |
