Essays about: "Philip K. Dick"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 essays containing the words Philip K. Dick.

  1. 1. Reality and Subjectivity in Philip K. Dick’s Flow My Tears, The Policeman Said and The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch

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

    Author : Filip Rossenov Zahariev; [2021]
    Keywords : subjectivity; drugs; Philip K. Dick; The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch; postmodernism; Flow My Tears; The Policeman Said; Chew-Z; Can-D; KR-3; Baudrillard; Hutcheon; Lyotard;

    Abstract : This thesis examines the forces that affect subjectivity in two novels by the author Philip K. Dick, Flow My Tears, The Policeman Said and The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch. The close reading of these two novels makes use of postmodernist theory as its theoretical foundation. READ MORE

  3. 2. The Agency and Empathy of Non-Human Others : How Non-Human Agency Anticipates the Anthropocene in Philip K. Dick’s Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

    University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/Institutionen för språk, litteratur och lärande

    Author : Ryan Nicholas Walsh; [2021]
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  4. 3. Breaking Down the Reflex-Machine in Three Works by Philip K. Dick

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

    Author : Sara Gaarn-Larsen; [2018]
    Keywords : Philip K. Dick; Postmodernism; reflex-machine; androidization; science fiction; The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch; A Maze of Death; A Scanner Darkly;

    Abstract : This thesis expands upon Philip K. Dick’s philosophy surrounding ‘androidization’, a process of degradation leading to the devolution of individuals into what he termed as ‘reflex-machines’. READ MORE

  5. 4. Popcorn Politics – Selected Philip K. Dick Stories in Contemporary Film Adaptations

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

    Author : Michal Skotnicki; [2015]
    Keywords : Philip K. Dick; Political Message; Allegory; Adaptation;

    Abstract : This essay is a comparative anlysis of ”Paycheck”, ”The Minority Report” and ”Adjustment Team” by Philip K. Dick and their film adaptations, Paycheck,  Minority Report and The Adjustment Bureau. I am primarily interested in the political message of the original stories and how it is affected in the process of transmediation into film. READ MORE

  6. 5. Empathy and Dyspathy between Man, Android and Robot in Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick and I, Robot by Isaac Asimov

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Engelska

    Author : Maria Brand; [2013]
    Keywords : the Other ; the uncanny; dyspathy; empathy; robot; android; I; Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?; Languages and Literatures;

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