Charles Dickens' Great Expectations and Postmodernity

Abstract

This bachelor thesis focuses on Charles Dickens' novel Great Expectations and Peter Carey's parallel postmodern novel Jack Maggs which writes back to Great Expectations. The theoretical part is divided into two chapters, the first one introduces five postmodern literary features, the second one presents three types of narratives. The analytical part is also halved into two parts which apply the theory mentioned above onto both novels. The main concern of this thesis is the relationship between fiction and history/reality as well as the intentions of authors who rewrite stories.