Boxes within boxes and a useless map : spatial (and temporal) phenomena in the "Kingkiller Chronicles"
- At first glance, "The Name of the Wind" and "The Wise Man's Fear", volumes I and II of Patrick Rothfuss' as yet incomplete trilogy "Kingkiller Chronicles", appear to fulfill many conventions of heroic fantasy. The books are set in a world called the Four Corners (of civilization), consisting mostly of feudal states, a mostly rural and agrarian landscape. This world has a distinct but slightly vague "old-timey" atmosphere – there is little technology, transport is mainly by horse-power, there seem to be no fire-arms and no media. However, a form of postal service exists, science and medicine are taught at university and women have access to university education, so it is hard to place this fictional universe within a "real-life" historical epoch.
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| Author: | Stefanie Giebert |
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| URN: | urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-362001 |
| URL: | http://www.komparatistik-online.de/jahrgaenge/2013 |
| ISSN: | 1864-8533 |
| Parent Title (German): | Komparatistik online : komparatistische Internet-Zeitschrift / Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen |
| Publisher: | Justus-Liebig-Univ. |
| Place of publication: | Gießen |
| Document Type: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Year of Completion: | 2013 |
| Year of first Publication: | 2013 |
| Publishing Institution: | Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg |
| Release Date: | 2014/12/29 |
| GND Keyword: | Phantastische Literatur; Erzähltheorie |
| Volume: | 2013 |
| Page Number: | 9 |
| First Page: | 106 |
| Last Page: | 114 |
| HeBIS-PPN: | 367347830 |
| Dewey Decimal Classification: | 8 Literatur / 80 Literatur, Rhetorik, Literaturwissenschaft / 800 Literatur und Rhetorik |
| Sammlungen: | CompaRe | Allgemeine und Vergleichende Literaturwissenschaft |
| BDSL-Klassifikation: | 03.00.00 Literaturwissenschaft / BDSL-Klassifikation: 03.00.00 Literaturwissenschaft > 03.07.00 Ästhetik |
| Zeitschriften / Jahresberichte: | Komparatistik online : komparatistische Internet-Zeitschrift / Komparatistik online 2013 : Weltentwürfe des Fantastischen ; Erzählen - Schreiben - Spielen |
| : | urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-361913 |
| Licence (German): |  Deutsches Urheberrecht |
