Essays about: "William Gibson"

Found 4 essays containing the words William Gibson.

  1. 1. The Relation Between High-Technology, Human Identity, the Body, and the Dystopian Future Society of Neuromancer

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

    Author : Bardia Naghinejad Kashani; [2023]
    Keywords : Cyberpunk; Neuromancer; Identity; Technology; Science Fiction; William Gibson; Society; Body; Literature;

    Abstract : We live in a world where not only humans but also any object around us is believed to have agency. A shifting relationship exists between everything, specifically between humans and technology. However, the relationship between humans and technology has become much more complicated in the world of Neuromancer. READ MORE

  3. 2. Can Poetry Save the World? : Creating a Sustainable Future by Reading Green

    University essay from Mälardalens högskola/Akademin för utbildning, kultur och kommunikation

    Author : Alexander Vainikainen; [2019]
    Keywords : ecocriticism; ecofeminism; environmental pedagogy; sustainable development; teaching; reading green; poetry;

    Abstract : The purpose of this essay is to examine how ecocritical readings of poems and song lyrics can work as a catalyst for discussing questions regarding sustainable development in the subject of English. The poems “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud” by William Wordsworth and “Andrew”by Andrea Gibson, but also the song lyrics for the song “Every Age”by José Gonzalez were selected for the analyze, since they can represent the varying types of texts that are used by teachers in upper secondary school. READ MORE

  4. 3. Identity, hyperreality and Science fiction : Matrix and Neuromancer

    University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Sektionen för planering och mediedesign

    Author : Imran Riaz Chohan; [2012]
    Keywords : Identity; Reality; Hyperreality; Simulation; Simulacra.;

    Abstract : My Bachelor’s thesis is a comparative analysis between humans and machines in a science fiction novel (Neuromancer) and a movie (Matrix). I explored in these works how the machines used technologies to influence on the humans. READ MORE

  5. 4. The Future Societies of Ira Levin and William Gibson

    University essay from Avdelningen för humaniora; Högskolan i Gävle

    Author : Daniel Forsberg; [2010]
    Keywords : Utopia; Dystopia; Cyberpunk; Society; Narration; Post Modern;

    Abstract : The meaning of this essay is to look at how the narrative strategies, description of character and society differ between the two novels "This Perfect Day" and "Neuromancer". By looking at the different narrative techniques used by the authors and the results we can see why some of these strategies work very well in one novel but would not suit the other because of the contrasts in style it would produce. READ MORE