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T1 Frontiers of Fiction: Outlawed and the Reinvention of the American Western
A1 Crespo San Millán, Ana Laudelina
A2 Universidad de Valladolid. Facultad de Filosofía y Letras
K1 Western
K1 Postmodernism
K1 Alternate History
K1 Witch
K1 Feminism
K1 Western
K1 Posmodernismo
K1 Historia Alternativa
K1 Bruja
K1 Feminismo
K1 5701.11 Enseñanza de Lenguas
AB This undergraduate dissertation examines Outlawed (2021) by Anna North as a reimagining of the Western genre through the lenses of postmodern fiction and the literary construction of the witch figure. The study is organized around three methodological frameworks: the Western as a culturally significant American narrative form, postmodern fiction with a focus on formal innovation and historical reformulation, and the association of the witch with midwifery, focusing on her as both a persecuted figure and an agent of control used by a patriarchal society. Each of these frameworks is developed in a specific section and subsequently applied to a close reading of Outlawed (2021). The dissertation investigates how the novel engages with Western motifs, employing narrative strategies associated with postmodernism, particularly Alternate History, and draws on the symbolic and political dimensions of the witch figure to allow the narrative to focus on collectives traditionally excluded from the Western tradition.
YR 2025
FD 2025
LK https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/79395
UL https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/79395
LA eng
NO Departamento de Filología Inglesa
DS UVaDOC
RD 07-nov-2025