Sökning: "speculative fiction"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 34 uppsatser innehållade orden speculative fiction.

  1. 1. As Dark As Darkness : Using Star Maker and The Hobbit to Promote a Constructionist Understanding of Race in the ESL Classroom

    Kandidat-uppsats, Södertörns högskola/Engelska

    Författare :Martin Svanborg; [2023]
    Nyckelord :;

    Sammanfattning : Although the popular conception of fantasy has nothing to do with race, in fact, the genre frequently exhibits underlying concerns with racial dynamics. Conversely, science fiction, due to its speculative perspective on the universe and the potential existence of alien species is, by nature, more inherently preoccupied with the concept of race. 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. “Better Does Not Mean Better for Everyone” – Gender Oppression in 20st Century Speculative Fiction : How Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World and Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale Can be Used to Increase Learner Motivation and in Teaching Critical Thinking to Students in Upper Secondary School

    Uppsats för yrkesexamina på avancerad nivå, Mittuniversitetet/Institutionen för humaniora och samhällsvetenskap

    Författare :Fanny Berlin; [2023]
    Nyckelord :Bodily Autonomy; Brave New World; Communication; Gendered Oppression; Governed Reproduction; Interaction; Intersectionality; Learner Motivation; Power Relations; Subject Positioning; The Handmaid’s Tale;

    Sammanfattning : This essay analyzes the narrative surrounding women’s right to autonomy in two novels in the Speculative Fiction genre, more specifically the 20th century dystopian novel The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood (1985), and the anti-utopian novel Brave New World by Aldous Huxley (1932), while arguing for the pedagogical merit of both works. Matters regarding female independence and gender equality are in consistent flux, and any uprise in feminist movements and female emancipation has most commonly been met with resistance. LÄS MER

  5. 4. I Never Learned To Type With Ten Fingers

    Master-uppsats, Konstfack/Grafisk design & illustration

    Författare :Laslo Strong; [2022]
    Nyckelord :typography; blackletter; fraktur; history; calligraphy; typewriting; technology; type design; graphic design; family; typeface; urban; photography; fiction; slash-fiction; Second World War; Polen; Germany;

    Sammanfattning : Luise Schröder founded a private business school in 1910 in Stettin, a city once part of Germany. With a focus on typewriting and stenography, she was a local educator of modern communication. Throughout four generations, her family was impacted by global technological developments and socio-political shifts. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Kiruna Spaceport

    Uppsats för yrkesexamina på avancerad nivå, KTH/Arkitektur

    Författare :Lukas Kvist Wiberg; [2022]
    Nyckelord :architecture; space; airport; science fiction; sci-fi; speculation; fantasy; Kiruna; Sweden;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis project builds upon one of the really big questions; are we alone in the universe?By research, references and studies I have throughout this project tried to imagine a future that with the help of architectural speculation and imagination is a bit more prepared to answer that question. The project in itself was intended as an exploration of the world of science, science fiction and conspiracies, as well as typology, in order to produce architecture that represented the very notion of the longing for an answer to that question. LÄS MER