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T1 Religion in Mistborn: The Final Empire. A cognitive stylistic analysis of its discourse and text-worlds
A1 Bologa Pataki, David Cristian
A2 Universidad de Valladolid. Facultad de Filosofía y Letras
K1 Text-World Theory
K1 Cognitive Stylistics
K1 Frames of Knowledge
K1 World-Building Elements
K1 Function-Advancing Propositions
K1 Frame Activation
K1 Estilística Cognitiva
K1 Marcos de Conocimiento
K1 Elementos de Construcción de Mundos
K1 Poposiciones de Avance
K1 Activacón de Marcos
K1 5701.11 Enseñanza de Lenguas
AB This study aims to analyze the discourse elements as well as text-worlds present in the book Mistborn: The Final Empire by author Brandon Sanderson, focusing primarily on the religious aspects of the narrative. The main objective is to show evidence of religion being more than just a set piece for the story, or a simple background element. Instead, being key for the advancement of the narrative and a driving force for the characters. The methodology in this dissertation employs cognitive stylistics, with a focus on text-world theory to analyze chosen fragments from the novel in order to demonstrate how discourse is interpreted by the readers. This is done via the analysis of elements such as frames of knowledge, the activation of these frames, world-building elements and function-advancing propositions. The results show that religion does indeed move the plot while appealing to the reader´s background knowledge.
YR 2025
FD 2025
LK https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/79963
UL https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/79963
LA eng
NO Departamento de Filología Inglesa
DS UVaDOC
RD 21-nov-2025