The Threnodies of Love: Reading the Maturation Process in Young Adult Love Narratives through a Kristevan Lens; and Messy, a Young Adult Novel

Drawing on the work of Julia Kristeva and other post-structuralist theorists who extend traditional representations of themes commonly associated with young adult literature, namely the construction of identity, growth and maturation, this thesis, which comprises an exegesis and accompanying young a...

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Main Author: Kugler, Kerstin Maria
Format: Thesis
Published: Curtin University 2019
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/76120
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description Drawing on the work of Julia Kristeva and other post-structuralist theorists who extend traditional representations of themes commonly associated with young adult literature, namely the construction of identity, growth and maturation, this thesis, which comprises an exegesis and accompanying young adult novel, seeks to make a meaningful contribution to the high-quality literary output of young adult literature and is intimately linked to Kristeva’s theory on the construction of subjectivity as subjects-in-process within love relationships.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-761202019-09-13T03:30:47Z The Threnodies of Love: Reading the Maturation Process in Young Adult Love Narratives through a Kristevan Lens; and Messy, a Young Adult Novel Kugler, Kerstin Maria Drawing on the work of Julia Kristeva and other post-structuralist theorists who extend traditional representations of themes commonly associated with young adult literature, namely the construction of identity, growth and maturation, this thesis, which comprises an exegesis and accompanying young adult novel, seeks to make a meaningful contribution to the high-quality literary output of young adult literature and is intimately linked to Kristeva’s theory on the construction of subjectivity as subjects-in-process within love relationships. 2019 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/76120 Curtin University fulltext
spellingShingle Kugler, Kerstin Maria
The Threnodies of Love: Reading the Maturation Process in Young Adult Love Narratives through a Kristevan Lens; and Messy, a Young Adult Novel
title The Threnodies of Love: Reading the Maturation Process in Young Adult Love Narratives through a Kristevan Lens; and Messy, a Young Adult Novel
title_full The Threnodies of Love: Reading the Maturation Process in Young Adult Love Narratives through a Kristevan Lens; and Messy, a Young Adult Novel
title_fullStr The Threnodies of Love: Reading the Maturation Process in Young Adult Love Narratives through a Kristevan Lens; and Messy, a Young Adult Novel
title_full_unstemmed The Threnodies of Love: Reading the Maturation Process in Young Adult Love Narratives through a Kristevan Lens; and Messy, a Young Adult Novel
title_short The Threnodies of Love: Reading the Maturation Process in Young Adult Love Narratives through a Kristevan Lens; and Messy, a Young Adult Novel
title_sort threnodies of love: reading the maturation process in young adult love narratives through a kristevan lens; and messy, a young adult novel
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/76120