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"Stolen Child". A literary comparison between McCann's short story and Yeat's poem

Title: "Stolen Child". A literary comparison between McCann's short story and Yeat's poem

Term Paper , 2014 , 13 Pages , Grade: 1,7

Autor:in: Erik Lutz (Author)

English Language and Literature Studies - Literature
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“Stolen Child” is a short story written by Colum McCann. It is part of “Fishing in the sloe-black river”, a collection of short stories by the same author and was first published in 1994. As Yeats is a famous Irish Poet and Colum McCann is an Irish writer, there is a high chance that he knew the poem and weaved in some of its topics on purpose.

The most remarkable indication is the story’s title, which goes like the title of Yeats’s poem: "Stolen child", but other themes such as that of the Irish goddess Dana or the topic of fairies seem to fit both works.

I hereby pose the thesis that Irish mythology and Yeats’ poem influenced the short story written by Colum McCann. In first step, I will pick out important aspects from the two texts and give detail on topics such as fairies and Irish mythology as far as concerning either the poem or the short story. This allows me, in a second step, to connect the knowledge about the aspects shared by both works and give interpretations in a stringent manner, with all necessary background knowledge already given.

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Inhaltsverzeichnis

  • Introduction
  • Identifying the topics
    • W.B. Yeats: The Stolen Child
      • Fairies
      • Different world
      • Child abduction
    • Colum McCann: Stolen Child
      • Irish past
      • Society outcasts
      • Father daughter relationship
  • Comparison and interpretation
  • Conclusion

Zielsetzung und Themenschwerpunkte

Die Arbeit untersucht die Verbindung zwischen Colum McCanns Kurzgeschichte "Stolen Child" und William Butler Yeats' Gedicht "The Stolen Child". Sie analysiert die Gemeinsamkeiten und Unterschiede zwischen den beiden Texten und zeigt, wie irische Mythologie und Yeats' Werk McCanns Geschichte beeinflusst haben könnten.

  • Irische Mythologie und Folklore
  • Die Rolle von Feen in beiden Texten
  • Das Thema der Kindesentführung
  • Die Darstellung der irischen Identität
  • Die Bedeutung von Vater-Tochter-Beziehungen

Zusammenfassung der Kapitel

Die Einleitung stellt die beiden Werke und ihre Themen vor und skizziert die These der Arbeit. Das zweite Kapitel untersucht wichtige Themen in Yeats' Gedicht, darunter Feen, die Vorstellung einer anderen Welt und die Entführung von Kindern. Das dritte Kapitel widmet sich McCanns Kurzgeschichte und beleuchtet die Themen des irischen Erbes, gesellschaftlicher Ausgrenzung und der Beziehung zwischen Vater und Tochter. Das vierte Kapitel vergleicht und interpretiert die beiden Werke und zeigt die möglichen Einflüsse von Yeats' Gedicht auf McCanns Geschichte. Die Arbeit endet mit einer Schlussfolgerung, die die wichtigsten Erkenntnisse zusammenfasst.

Schlüsselwörter

Irische Mythologie, Feen, Kindesentführung, "The Stolen Child", Colum McCann, William Butler Yeats, irische Identität, Vater-Tochter-Beziehung.

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Title
"Stolen Child". A literary comparison between McCann's short story and Yeat's poem
College
Catholic University Eichstätt-Ingolstadt
Grade
1,7
Author
Erik Lutz (Author)
Publication Year
2014
Pages
13
Catalog Number
V334882
ISBN (eBook)
9783668246485
ISBN (Book)
9783668246492
Language
German
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Colum McCann William Butler Yeats Stolen Child comparison
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Erik Lutz (Author), 2014, "Stolen Child". A literary comparison between McCann's short story and Yeat's poem, Munich, GRIN Verlag, https://www.grin.com/document/334882
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