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1. 1. Parable of the Sower in the EFL Classroom : Ecofeminism, Empathy, and Environmental Narratives

   Kandidat-uppsats, Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

   Författare :Olivia Semler; [2023]
   Nyckelord :EFL classroom; Ecofeminism; Ecopedagogy; empathy; hyperempathy; Upper Secondary School; climate change; Parable of the Sower; English 7;

   Sammanfattning : In this essay, Parable of the Sower (1993) by Octavia E. Butler will be analyzed. The analysis investigates how the novel can enable discussions about empathy in the English as a Foreign Language (EFL) classroom. LÄS MER

3. 2. Compounding the Problem? : Gated Communities in Climate and Environmental Disaster Fiction

   Master-uppsats, Karlstads universitet/Institutionen för språk, litteratur och interkultur (from 2013)

   Författare :Ryan Nicholas Walsh; [2023]
   Nyckelord :Octavia E. Butler; The Parable of the Sower; The Parable of the Talents; Naughty Dog; The Last of Us; The Last of Us: Part II; Neil Blomkamp; Elysium; ecocriticism; post-apocalypse; critical dystopia; climate change criticism; gated community; urban studies; agency; the Other; video game studies; ergodic literature.; Octavia E. Butler; The Parable of the Sower; The Parable of the Talents; Naughty Dog; The Last of Us; The Last of Us: Part II; Neil Blomkamp; Elysium; ekokritik; postapokalyps; kritisk dystopi; klimatfiktion; grindsamhällen; urbana studier; agens; det Andra; spelforskning; ergodisk litteratur.;

   Sammanfattning : The gated community motif occurs frequently within climate and environmental disaster fiction. This thesis investigates its occurrence across three media to establish how the gated community mode of living, as rendered in post-apocalyptic speculative fiction, responds to the threat and consequences of climate and environmental crisis. LÄS MER

4. 3. “Is it a sin against God to be poor?” : Marxist and Pedagogical Perspectives on Oppressive Ideologies in Octavia E. Butler’s Parable of the Sower and its Potential for Teaching Critical Thinking.

   Kandidat-uppsats, Mittuniversitetet/Institutionen för humaniora och samhällsvetenskap

   Författare :Sofia Schalander; [2022]
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   Sammanfattning : In this essay, I have analysed the novel Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler through a Marxist lens to investigate how ideological oppression is depicted through Capitalism and religion. To examine these ideologies, I analysed Lauren Olamina, the first-person narrator and her half-brother, Keith. LÄS MER

5. 4. #earth#enviroment#posthuman#sciencefiction#ecocriticism : eller, en ekokritisk läsning av science fiction-litteratur samt ett försök att sammanföra samtida klimatdiskussioner med framtidsgestaltningar av människan och hennes omvärld

   Uppsats för yrkesexamina på avancerad nivå, Örebro universitet/Institutionen för humaniora, utbildnings- och samhällsvetenskap

   Författare :Jacob Lundberg; [2022]
   Nyckelord :Science fiction; ekokritik; posthumanism; Dune; The Left Hand of Darkness; Dawn; skönlitteratur; framtid; ekologi; klimatförändring;

   Sammanfattning : Uppsatsen gör en kvalitativ närläsning av utvalda passager i science fiction-verken Dune - Frank Herbert (1965), The Left Hand of Darkness - Ursula K. Le Guin (1969) och Dawn - Octavia E. Butler (1987). Materialet analyseras utifrån ett ekokritiskt perspektiv. LÄS MER

7. 5. Character Narrators, the Implied Author, and the Authorial Audience: A Rhetorical and Ethical Reading of Octavia E. Butler’s Parable of the Talents

   Magister-uppsats, Mälardalens högskola/Akademin för utbildning, kultur och kommunikation

   Författare :Linda Melkner Moser; [2020]
   Nyckelord :Octavia Butler; Parable of the Sower; Parable of the Talents; James Phelan; the implied author; character narrators; narrators; authorial audience; rhetorical narrative theory; rhetoric ethics; ethics; rhetoric; rhetoric of character narration; Lauren Olamina; Olamina; Earthseed; epistolary novels; narrative theory;

   Sammanfattning : This essay considers the interplay between character narrators, the implied author, and the authorial audience in Octavia Butler’s Parable of the Talents. The aim of the study was to investigate how narrators, the implied author, and readers position themselves in relation to each other and in relation to the novel’s ethical dimensions. LÄS MER