Childhood as the hero : the triumph of child protagonists in Stephen King's the shining, doctor sleep and it

Horror writer Stephen King employs child protagonists in his novels The Shining and It and places unhelpful adult characters in their way as they struggle to overcome malevolent paranormal forces. Isolated in their fight against evil, the children demonstrate the importance of being a child in order...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gan, Pin Hui
Other Authors: Barrie Wayne Sherwood
Format: Final Year Project (FYP)
Language:English
Published: 2017
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10356/70254