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Full-Text Articles in Arts and Humanities
Science Fiction And Fantasy: The Cosmic Players, Kristin Laughtin-Dunker
Science Fiction And Fantasy: The Cosmic Players, Kristin Laughtin-Dunker
Library Presentations, Posters, and Audiovisual Materials
This presentation gives an overview of science fiction and fantasy, including its origins, the prominent writers in each era, and its many subgenres and variations.
The Captivity Narrative In Octavia E. Butler's Adulthood Rites, Stacy Magedanz
The Captivity Narrative In Octavia E. Butler's Adulthood Rites, Stacy Magedanz
Library Faculty Publications & Presentations
Octavia E. Butler’s novel Adulthood Rites incorporates an enduring genre of American literature, the captivity narrative. By drawing on the familiar tale of a civilized protagonist held captive by brutal savages, Butler echoes traditional themes of spiritual growth and identity formation. Manipulating the trope of “going native” allows her to hold several opposed values in tension: oppression and protection, appreciation for a native culture and betrayal of it, difference and identification. A hybrid creature, Akin must bridge a variety of opposites as he matures, a theme Butler reinforces by making a hybrid structure of the captivity narrative itself.
Re-Viewing Verne's Invisible Man, Arthur B. Evans
Re-Viewing Verne's Invisible Man, Arthur B. Evans
Global Language Studies Faculty publications
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A Search For Home: Navigating Change In Battlestar Galactica, Kimberly S. Yost
A Search For Home: Navigating Change In Battlestar Galactica, Kimberly S. Yost
Antioch University Dissertations & Theses
This dissertation explores the various ways in which the multiple leaders portrayed in the science fiction television series Battlestar Galactica (2003-2009) navigate extreme conditions of continual change. In addition, the dissertation contains a discussion of the larger narrative themes of love, forgiveness, redemption, and embracing the Other as principles effective leaders must cultivate. Through an interpretation of this specific popular media text, a deeper emotional sensitivity to and understanding of leadership, positive and negative, during extreme crises is gained. Furthermore, the series serves as a vehicle through which viewers can reflect on and engage in their own self-awareness about issues …