The question of value: Reading Stephen King in a literary context

dc.contributor.authorCommons, Wendy
dc.contributor.committeeChairThompson, Lou
dc.contributor.committeeMemberBridges, Phyllis
dc.date.accessioned2017-11-28T20:55:48Z
dc.date.available2017-11-28T20:55:48Z
dc.date.issued5/30/2006
dc.description.abstractOn November 19, 2003, the National Book Foundation awarded best-selling author Stephen King the Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. A number of scholarly elitists, including renowned critic Harold Bloom, vehemently condemned the National Book Foundation's decision to offer such a prestigious award to a popular fiction writer like King. I contest, however, that popular writing is not always unintelligent or inartistic and that King's writing is an example of popular fiction that also has literary value. My goal in this thesis is to examine some of the universal elements in King's works and perform an in-depth literary analysis of one of King's novels, The Shining, in order to demonstrate a sampling of qualities that make King's work worthy of literary recognition and examination.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11274/8869
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.subjectLanguage, literature, and linguistics
dc.subjectAmerican literature
dc.subjectPopular literatureen_US
dc.subjectSpeculative fiction analysis
dc.subjectCriticism and interpretationen_US
dc.titleThe question of value: Reading Stephen King in a literary contexten_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
thesis.degree.collegeCollege of Arts and Sciences
thesis.degree.departmentEnglish, Speech, and Foreign Languages
thesis.degree.disciplineEnglish
thesis.degree.grantorTexas Woman's University
thesis.degree.levelMaster
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Arts

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