China Miéville, Terry Pratchett, Kazuo Ishiguro and the Ambivalence of Knowing
The guiding question of this study is how the theme of knowledge is realized in the genre of fantasy. Drawing from the research fields of literature and knowledge, theory of fantasy, narratology, and memory/orality studies, CHINA MIÉVILLE, TERRY PRATCHETT, KAZUO ISHIGURO AND THE AMBIVALENCE OF KNOWING: AN ANALYTICAL MODEL FOR THE REPRESENTATION OF KNOWLEDGE IN FANTASY LITERATURE furthermore investigates how societal struggles over knowledge are negotiated in contemporary fantasy literature, with specific foci on the depiction of technology and risk in China Miéville’s “The Scar”, culture and identity in Terry Pratchett’s “Nation”, and memory and repression in Kazuo Ishiguro’s “The Buried Giant”.