Coming-of-age and parallel worlds in Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials

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dc.contributor.advisor	Mujahid, Nadya
dc.contributor.advisor	Melaney, William
dc.contributor.advisor	Dworkin, Ira
dc.contributor.author	Rabie, Reham
dc.creator	Rabie, Reham
dc.date.accessioned	2012-04-19T12:22:29Z
dc.date.available	2012-04-19T16:00:04Z
dc.date.created	2012 Spring
dc.date.issued	2012-04-19T16:00:04Z
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10526/3037
dc.description.abstract	In the thesis I am arguing how Philip Pullman incorpates the theme of "coming-of-age" in His Dark Materials with the two charaters Lyra and Will. In additon I argue how the parallel worlds in His Dark Materials help the children achieve their coming-of-age process. Finally I argue how Pullman incorpates William Blake's theme of innocence to experience and John Milton's theme of parallel wolrds in Paradise Lost.	en
dc.description.sponsorship	I would like to dedicate this thesis to my mother and father who always supported me. I hope that I have made you both proud. I would also like dedicate this thesis to my two beautiful daughters Salma and Arwa and thank them for putting up with me while I was working on my thesis. Finally I would like to thank my thesis committee: Dr. Nadya Chisty- Mujahid, my thesis supervisor, for her perfection, her time with me and my thesis. I am lucky and proud to have had you as my thesis advisor.I thank Dr. William Melaney for being on my thesis committee and being one best advisors I had in my college experience. Finally Dr. Ira Dworkin for taking time through your busy schedual to read my thesis and be on my committee.	en
dc.format.medium	theses	en
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.rights	Author retains all rights with regard to copyright.	en
dc.subject	Adolescence	en
dc.subject	Fantasy fiction	en
dc.subject	His Dark Materials trilogy	en
dc.subject	Juvenile fiction	en
dc.subject	Children's stories	en
dc.subject.lcsh	Thesis (M.A.)--American University in Cairo	en
dc.title	Coming-of-age and parallel worlds in Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials	en
dc.type	Text	en
dc.subject.discipline	English and Comparative Literature	en
dc.rights.access	This item is available	en
dc.contributor.department	American University in Cairo. Dept. of English and Comparative Literature	en
dc.description.irb	American University in Cairo Institutional Review Board approval is not necessary for this item, since the research is not concerned with living human beings or bodily tissue samples.	en