Essays about: "speculative fiction"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 24 essays containing the words 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

    University essay from Södertörns högskola/Engelska

    Author : Martin Svanborg; [2023]
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    Abstract : 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. READ MORE

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

    University essay from Karlstads universitet/Institutionen för språk, litteratur och interkultur (from 2013)

    Author : Ryan Nicholas Walsh; [2023]
    Keywords : 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.;

    Abstract : 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. READ MORE

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

    University essay from Konstfack/Grafisk design & illustration

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

    Abstract : 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. READ MORE

  5. 4. Kiruna Spaceport

    University essay from KTH/Arkitektur

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

    Abstract : 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. READ MORE

  6. 5. Extinction, or the Extension of Life : Biology and History as Representation and Metaphor in Ted Chiang's "Seventy-Two Letters"

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)

    Author : Sofia Jonsson; [2022]
    Keywords : Ted Chiang; Speculative Fiction; History of Ideas; Michel Foucault; Gillian Beer; Biology; History; Evolutionary Theory; Preformation; Literature; Metaphor; Representation; Darwin; Nineteenth Century;

    Abstract : This paper explores Ted Chiang's novella "Seventy-Two Letters" and the way in which it combines genres, scientific and historical ideas in an effort to examine topics about life and creation. The combinations result in an intriguing representation of a history which is then made different and where Chiang can creatively challenge past ideas. READ MORE