Essays about: "le guin"

Showing result 11 - 14 of 14 essays containing the words le guin.

  1. 11. "A Mere Dream Dreamed in a Bad Time" : A Marxist Reading of Utopian and Dystopian Elements in Ursula K. Le Guin's Always Coming Home

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för språkstudier

    Author : Sara Charléz; [2018]
    Keywords : anarchism; class; ideology; production; science fiction;

    Abstract : In Ursula K. Le Guin’s novel Always Coming Home, utopian and dystopian elements interact according to patterns inspired by anarchism and Taoism to criticise material excesses and oppressive social structures under capitalism. READ MORE

  3. 12. Storytelling in the Anthropocene: A critical consideration of the Anthropocene using socio-ecological theory and science fiction to scrutinise current and envision future stories of social justice and ecological sustainability

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Humanekologi; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi

    Author : Petra Van Der Kooij; [2016]
    Keywords : Anthropocene; social justice; ecological sustainability; socio-ecological theory; eco-Marxism; posthumanism; science fiction; utopia; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : We now have entered the Anthropocene. Humanity is the new geological force drastically changing the systems of the Earth. At least this is the story told by natural scientists. Social scientists are critical of this ‘natural’ narrative as it cannot deal with the social dimension of geological changes. READ MORE

  4. 13. Androgyny and the Uncanny in Ursula Le Guin's The Left Hand of Darkness and Ann Leckie's Ancillary Justice

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Engelska

    Author : Kevin Palm; [2015]
    Keywords : androgyny; the uncanny; telepathy; queer; gender; unity; disunity; ursula le guin; ann leckie; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : An analysis of the dialogue between Ursula Le Guin's The Left Hand of Darkness and Ann Leckie's Ancillary Justice, in terms of androgyny, the uncanny, and unity/disunity.... READ MORE

  5. 14. Failed Feminism? : Ursula K. Le Guin's Tehanu

    University essay from Estetisk-filosofiska fakulteten

    Author : Malin Hedberg; [2008]
    Keywords : Ursula K. Le Guin; Fantasy; Tehanu; Feminism; gender roles;

    Abstract : Failed Feminism?: Ursula K. Le Guin’s novel Tehanu The purpose of this essay is to show that Ursula K. LeGuin’s fantasy novel Tehanu instead of breaking away from traditional gender roles maintains them, despite the novel’s promises of change. READ MORE