Essays about: "mythic fiction"

Found 2 essays containing the words mythic fiction.

  1. 1. Making Myth: Narrative Discourse in The Shadow of the Torturer

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Masterprogram: Litteratur - Kultur – Media

    Author : Charles Simmons; [2019]
    Keywords : Narratology Myth Science Fiction Fantasy Science Gene Wolfe Genette; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : This dissertation argues that the incongruity between the narrating I and the narrated I in The Shadow of the Torturer produces a site where myth is made. The novel differs from other works in the canon of science fantasy because its science and fantasy are rarely, if ever, juxtaposed. READ MORE

  3. 2. 'A Bizarre Mirror Version of the Real World': Modernity in Three Mythic Fiction Novels by Emma Bull, Keith Donohue and Tad Williams.

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

    Author : Saga Bokne; [2016-09-26]
    Keywords : engelska; Modernity; fantasy; fairy; mythic fiction; urban; environment; folklore; Emma Bull; Keith Donohue; Tad Williams;

    Abstract : Traditionally, fantasy literature has often been suspicious of modernity, typically portraying rural, pre-industrial communities as threatened by the destructive forces of modernisation. However, it has been suggested that more nuanced pictures may be found in fantasy works with contemporary settings. READ MORE