02160nam 2200529 450 991081120400332120230803195407.03-95489-685-0(CKB)2670000000534305(EBL)1640297(SSID)ssj0001215908(PQKBManifestationID)11792093(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001215908(PQKBWorkID)11180145(PQKB)11314636(MiAaPQ)EBC1640297(Au-PeEL)EBL1640297(CaPaEBR)ebr10856501(OCoLC)871779643(EXLCZ)99267000000053430520140416h20142014 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccr"Trust me - it's paradise" the escapist motif in into the wild, the beach and are you experienced? /Hannes KrehanHamburg, Germany :Anchor Academic Publishing,2014.©20141 online resource (93 p.)Description based upon print version of record.3-95489-185-9 Includes bibliographical references.The author analyzes three books on escapism and the various ways in which it is represented in them. He focuses on Alex Garland's backpacker cult novel 'The Beach' and William Sutcliffe's satire of the gap-year traveler 'Are You Experienced?' as well as Jon Krakauer's non-fiction book 'Into the Wild'.The first part of the analysis deals with the influence of literary genres like the Bildungsroman and travel literature. Unreliable narration as a narrative strategy is taken into consideration, as well as the colonial subtext of 'The Beach' and 'Are You Experienced?'. In 'Into the Wild' nature wrEscape (Psychology)GermanyCultureHistoryEscape (Psychology)CultureHistory.155.9Krehan Hannes1670524MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910811204003321"Trust me - it's paradise"4032431UNINA