Document Type
Article
Publication Date
4-2023
Abstract
In The Ocean at the End of the Lane, Neil Gaiman explores the influence of trauma on identity formation. In the sinister world of his liminal fantasy, Gaiman’s nameless narrator strives to assemble a comforting sense of identity in the midst of traumatic chaos. Viewed through a postmodern lens, Gaiman’s use of hypertextuality and non-linear storytelling undermines idealized views of objective truth and reality, ultimately suggesting that nothing in life can be reduced to a binary.
Recommended Citation
Adams, Faith, "Neil Gaiman's Elevated Fairy Tale: Childhood Trauma Through the Lens of Postmodernism" (2023). Student Works. 1.
https://digitalcollections.lipscomb.edu/eml_student/1