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Bill Bryson ́s View of Great Britain and the USA in ''Notes from a Small Island'' and ''Notes from a Big Country'' by Oliver Baum, M.A. is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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bill,bryson_s,view,both,great,britain,united,states,america,notes,small,island,country,transatlantic,stereotyping,views,from,about,sides,ocean Criticism of Bryson s novels is not advanced but his narratives can be investigated in terms of genre, intertextuality, language, and nationality. This paper expands on the topic of Bryson s view both of Great Britain and the United States of America by means of national stereotyping as it emerges from his novels Notes from a Small Island (1995) and Notes from a Big Country (1998). I maintain that Bryson depicts Britain and America in an authentic and educative as well as hilarious and exaggerated manner to emphasize differences between the nations in question. I will prove my thesis that Bryson both criticises and praises British and American values which affect the national character. Bryson conveys his national views both from the perspective of an insider and outsider. William Bill McGuire Bryson was born in Des Moines, Iowa, in 1951. In 1973, he travelled to England where he became acquainted with his wife, Cynthia Billen, with whom he has four children. Bryson lived in Yorkshire, returned to America to graduate in 1995, and resided w

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Author
Oliver Baum, M.A.
Language
EN
Category
nonfiction

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