ONE RED PAPERCLIP – THE NOVEL AS REALIST STORY AND MOTIVATING DOCUMENT
ONE RED PAPERCLIP – THE NOVEL AS REALIST STORY AND MOTIVATING DOCUMENT

Summary/Abstract: The paper aims to identify the intertextuality of "One Red Paperclip" (by Kyle MacDonald) and analyze its literary features. This literary work has a stated theme (trading a paperclip for a house, through a game called Bigger and Better) and other implied themes (relativity of material goods, attractiveness of the game, human wishes and belief, Internet power/force) and contains some motifs common to several literary works (e.g. Dănilă Prepeleac, by Ion Creangă; Jack and the Beanstalk). Literature and life are interwoven continuously here. We find both literary elements and proofs of authenticity in a realistic way. We also identify several formative valences that place the work in the literature for children and teenagers.

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