Educator Companion Sheet
Title: The Hereafter Wulff
Author: Carder Jones
Genre: Literary Fiction / Mythopoeic Allegory / Psychological Surrealism
Length: 383 pages
Publisher: Independent / Valkwich
ISBN: 979-8-9927683-0-5
Website: https://valkwich.com
Overview
A metaphysical parable set in a frozen afterlife, The Hereafter Wulff follows a banished creature navigating a mythic wilderness haunted by memory, exile, and cyclic grief. Told through surreal landscapes and animal-allegory, the novel explores themes of identity, mortality, and moral ambiguity.
Recommended For:
Contemporary Literature
Creative Writing
Mythology & Folklore
Philosophy & Ethics
Comparative Religion
Psychology & Narrative Theory
Honors Seminars or Interdisciplinary Courses
A Few Discussion Ideas & Themes
Exile & Belonging: The psychological and spiritual implications of banishment.
Myth as Structure: Use of animal archetypes, cyclical journeys, and invented cosmology.
Language & Symbolism: The text’s use of poetic prose, coded metaphor, and multi-layered imagery.
Moral Ambiguity: Exploration of right/wrong, authority, and internal conflict in the absence of clear doctrine.
Death & Memory: Grief as geography, and the self as a haunted archive.
Classroom Use Suggestions
Comparative Analysis: Contrast with The Stranger (Camus), The Plague Dogs (Adams), or The Book of Disquiet (Pessoa).
Writing Prompt: Create a short myth for a character’s internal conflict, à la Wulff or Divide.
Philosophy Unit: Map Jungian archetypes onto the novel’s characters or settings.
Narrative Theory: Analyze nonlinear progression, voice modulation, and unreliable narration.
After Reading The Hereafter Wulff, Students Will Be Able To:
Analyze mythological and symbolic structures in modern fiction.
Identify how narrative voice and tone evolve through psychological tension.
Examine the role of metaphor in representing grief, memory, and exile.
Compare postmodern narrative strategies with classical mythopoeic arcs.
Author Engagement
Carder Jones is available for:
Class Q&As (Zoom or in-person [preferred] )
Guest lectures on character focused narratives, writing grief, and building a story revealed twice
Creative writing workshops on symbolism and narrative recursion
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