Essays about: "steampunk"

Found 2 essays containing the word steampunk.

  1. 1. The Costs of Modernity : How a historical steampunk fantasy such as The Kingston Cycle can successfully portray the intersectional origins of the Capitalocene

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

    Author : Lisa Persson Örtman; [2021]
    Keywords : the Capitalocene; the Anthropocene; historical fantasy; steampunk; speculative fiction; genre;

    Abstract : There is a growing recognition of the interconnectedness of the crises of food, water, democracy and climate change as stemming from the capitalist hunt for modernity and progress. As climate change is thus not only so complex, but urgent, the question of a successful portrayal of it for an enhanced understanding and subsequent action becomes vital. READ MORE

  3. 2. Steeling the Show : A Comparative Analysis Between Victorian and Neo- Victorian Heroines From a Feminist Perspective in Terms of Gender Equality

    University essay from Högskolan i Jönköping

    Author : Marcus Asplund Brattberg; [2014]
    Keywords : Blood in the Skies; G.D. Falksen; comparative literature; Victorian; Neo-Victorian;

    Abstract : In this essay, the concept of gender equality is explored in terms of progressive heroines in neo-Victorian literature. In order to elucidate in what way a progression has been made, the comparative analysis is predicated upon second wave feminism. READ MORE