Folklore and Mythology in Neil Gaiman's American Gods
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Date
2017-09-06
Authors
Dixon, Sean
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University of Oregon
Abstract
This thesis provides a critical analysis of the use of folklore and mythology that exists in Neil Gaiman's award-winning novel, American Gods. I focus on the ways in which American Gods is situated within an intertextual corpus of mythological and mythopoeic writing. In particular, this study analyses Gaiman’s writing by drawing upon Mircea Eliade’s ideas about mythology and Northrop Frye’s archetypal criticism to discuss the emergence of secular myth through fantasy fiction.
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American Gods, Folklore, Folkloresque, Gaiman, Myth, Mythology