Essays about: "The White Plague"

Found 1 essay containing the words The White Plague.

  1. 1. Fiction to Face Fact : A Critical Reading of Frank Herbert’s The White Plague on the Premise of a Pedagogy of Discomfort

    University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad/Akademin för lärande, humaniora och samhälle

    Author : Kristin Hammel; [2021]
    Keywords : The White Plague; Pedagogy of Discomfort; Pandemic; Dystopian Fiction; Critical Reading;

    Abstract : The following essay explores the connection between pandemic dystopian fiction and a pedagogy of discomfort through a critical reading of The White Plague by Frank Herbert. It is advocated in this essay that a critical reading of the novel can give rise to uncomfortable topics related to living in a pandemic reality, which in turn can be incorporated in an ESL setting to encourage critical inquiry and action. READ MORE