An examination of literary and structural aspects of Shaun Tan’s picturebooks and their conveyance of social issues

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An examination of literary and structural aspects of Shaun Tan’s picturebooks and their conveyance of social issues Smith, Meaghan

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This thesis examines the way format, content and linguistic elements convey social issues portrayed in picturebooks. Drawing on David Lewis’ theory of the picturebook as process, three works by Shaun Tan, The Arrival, The Rabbits, and The Red Tree, are analyzed. These analyses illustrate how Tan uses the interplay between text and illustration to provide social commentary on immigration, colonialism, and depression respectively.

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Title	An examination of literary and structural aspects of Shaun Tan’s picturebooks and their conveyance of social issues
Creator	Smith, Meaghan
Publisher	University of British Columbia
Date Issued	2017
Description	This thesis examines the way format, content and linguistic elements convey social issues portrayed in picturebooks. Drawing on David Lewis’ theory of the picturebook as process, three works by Shaun Tan, The Arrival, The Rabbits, and The Red Tree, are analyzed. These analyses illustrate how Tan uses the interplay between text and illustration to provide social commentary on immigration, colonialism, and depression respectively.
Genre	Thesis/Dissertation
Type	Text
Language	eng
Date Available	2017-04-24
Provider	Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights	Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
DOI	10.14288/1.0345610
URI	http://hdl.handle.net/2429/61363
Degree	Master of Arts - MA
Program	Children's Literature
Affiliation	Arts, Faculty of; Library, Archival and Information Studies (SLAIS), School of
Degree Grantor	University of British Columbia
Graduation Date	2017-05
Campus	UBCV
Scholarly Level	Graduate
Rights URI	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
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