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1. 11. EXPANDING NARRATIVE EMPATHY Exploring “Dynamic” Empathy in The Left Hand of Darkness

   Magister-uppsats, Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

   Författare :Brian Bell; [2019-09-04]
   Nyckelord :Narrative Empathy; Reader Immersion; Ursula K. Le Guin; Reader Immersion;

   Sammanfattning : Narrative empathy, the sharing of a feeling between a reader and characters, is often thought of as a 'static' phenomenon; either it is present, or not in a given story. Yet, on scrutiny, narrative empathy seems quite fluid, its connective strength ebbing and flowing throughout a story. LÄS MER

3. 12. Ecology From Within: Ecocriticism and Allegory in Ursula K. Le Guin’s The Word for World is Forest

   Kandidat-uppsats, Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

   Författare :Joel Fransson; [2019-01-08]
   Nyckelord :ecology; nature; allegory; dualism;

   Sammanfattning : This essay reads Ursula K. Le Guin’s novel The Word for World is Forest to explore whether there is a connection between Cartesian dualism, allegorical reading, and environmentalist thought. To answer this the essay employs the philosophy and theoretical writings of Timothy Morton, namely The Ecological Thought and Ecology Without Nature. LÄS MER

4. 13. HETERONORMATIVITY OF THE AMBISEXUAL. A Queer Reading of the Science Fiction Novel The Left Hand of Darkness

   Kandidat-uppsats, Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

   Författare :Andrea Blomsterberg; [2018-06-13]
   Nyckelord :engelska; Ursula K. Le Guin; science fiction; The Left Hand of Darkness; queer theory; heteronormativity; Judith Butler; sexuality; thought experiment; queer;

   Sammanfattning : The utopian genre exists predominantly in science fiction and has in the twentieth century been extensively explored in feminist literature. Ursula K. Le Guin is considered one of the leading authors in this genre and has created numerous thought experiments concerned with gender construction and its problematics. LÄS MER

5. 14. "A Mere Dream Dreamed in a Bad Time" : A Marxist Reading of Utopian and Dystopian Elements in Ursula K. Le Guin's Always Coming Home

   Kandidat-uppsats, Umeå universitet/Institutionen för språkstudier

   Författare :Sara Charléz; [2018]
   Nyckelord :anarchism; class; ideology; production; science fiction;

   Sammanfattning : In Ursula K. Le Guin’s novel Always Coming Home, utopian and dystopian elements interact according to patterns inspired by anarchism and Taoism to criticise material excesses and oppressive social structures under capitalism. LÄS MER

7. 15. Storytelling in the Anthropocene: A critical consideration of the Anthropocene using socio-ecological theory and science fiction to scrutinise current and envision future stories of social justice and ecological sustainability

   Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Humanekologi; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi

   Författare :Petra Van Der Kooij; [2016]
   Nyckelord :Anthropocene; social justice; ecological sustainability; socio-ecological theory; eco-Marxism; posthumanism; science fiction; utopia; Social Sciences;

   Sammanfattning : We now have entered the Anthropocene. Humanity is the new geological force drastically changing the systems of the Earth. At least this is the story told by natural scientists. Social scientists are critical of this ‘natural’ narrative as it cannot deal with the social dimension of geological changes. LÄS MER