Modern myth for a global world : Neil Gaiman’s The Sandman and mythic bricolage

• Main Author: Yee, Victoria Wei Wen
• Other Authors: Samara Anne Cahill
• Format: Theses and Dissertations
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: DRNTU::Humanities::Literature
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/75165
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Mythic narratives have endured even till the twenty-first century, constantly made relevant to appeal to contemporary audiences. The modern myth then, as Neil Gaiman’s The Sandman narrative exemplifies, is no longer a myth only for a specific audience, but for a global audience. It challenges conv...