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Titill: 
  • Titill er á ensku Gloriously Politically Incorrect: What are the reasons behind George Macdonald Fraser's creation of the original Flashman novel?
Námsstig: 
  • Bakkalár
Útdráttur: 
  • Útdráttur er á ensku

    This essay is a literary analysis of George Macdonald Fraser’s popular novel, Flashman (1969), addressing the novel’s relevance as historical fiction along with questions on what is considered to be historical “reality“. By close examination of the main character, Harry Flashman, an important question arises – why does Fraser create this character and what is the purpose? The essay thus examines Fraser’s development of the Flashman character and his reasons behind this creation. It then discusses the importance of this character in relation to the novel by looking closely at the issues of misogyny and racism through commenting on the offensive opinions Flashman has towards women and minorities. These opinions, which Fraser attributes to Flashman, prove to have been common in Victorian Britain, and through this portrayal of his character Fraser manages to criticize the society of the time. The main character’s racism and misogyny is shocking to the modern reader which leads to the final analysis of Harry Flashman as an anti-hero and also as an unreliable narrator. Taking the characteristics of Harry Flashman, his opinions on different aspects of Victorian culture and his status as an anti-hero into account, all of this is examined to a greater extent. That means that Fraser’s criticism is expanded on and that examination along with what Fraser himself has said about his creation shows that the moral and the social message everything in the novel, along with Fraser’s historical vision are connected through Fraser’s own opinions on a politically correct view of history.

Samþykkt: 
  • 16.1.2014
URI: 
  • http://hdl.handle.net/1946/17145


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