"Until the crows came to collect their souls" : re-visioning the fantasy hero in selected fiction by Steven Erikson

Kuck, Joha-Mari

dc.contributor.advisor	Byrne, D. C. (Deirdre C.)
dc.contributor.author	Kuck, Joha-Mari
dc.date.accessioned	2012-08-15T11:16:12Z
dc.date.available	2012-08-15T11:16:12Z
dc.date.issued	2011-11
dc.identifier.citation	Kuck, Joha-Mari (2011) "Until the crows came to collection their souls": re-vissioning the fantacy hero in selected fiction by Steven Erikson, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/6080>	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10500/6080
dc.description.abstract	In the course of this dissertation, I will interrogate traditional representations of the heroic figure within the fantasy genre. I will argue that the tropes established by some of the most renowned fantasy texts are undergoing a process of evolution and that Steven Erikson (who is the special focus of my discussion) seeks to revision the heroic mould through his construction of Coltaine of the Crow Clan in Deadhouse Gates (2001). Deadhouse Gates centres on Coltaine, who is tasked with escorting tens of thousands of refugees across four hundred leagues of hostile territory. This re-evaluation of fantasy modes has significant ramifications for the future development of the genre as a whole. In order to explore how Erikson interrogates heroic representation, I briefly establish some of the distinctive characteristics of fantasy. I then explore how some major fantasy texts represent heroism, before investigating Erikson’s particular response to these traditions.	en
dc.format.extent	1 online resource (7 unnumbered leaves, 148 leaves)	en
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.subject	Fantasy as a genre	en
dc.subject	Traditional representations of heroic characteristics	en
dc.subject	Erikson	en
dc.subject	Re-evaluation of the heroic figure	en
dc.subject	Shifting perspectives	en
dc.subject	Tolkien	en
dc.subject	Feist	en
dc.subject	Donaldson	en
dc.subject.ddc	813.6
dc.subject.lcsh	Magic -- Fiction	en
dc.subject.lcsh	Imaginary places in literature	en
dc.subject.lcsh	Betrayal in literature	en
dc.subject.lcsh	Erickson, Steven -- Criticism and interpretation	en
dc.title	"Until the crows came to collect their souls" : re-visioning the fantasy hero in selected fiction by Steven Erikson	en
dc.type	Dissertation	en
dc.description.department	English Studies	en
dc.description.degree	M. A. (English)