Essays about: "post-apocalypse"

Found 2 essays containing the word post-apocalypse.

  1. 1. Compounding the Problem? : Gated Communities in Climate and Environmental Disaster Fiction

    University essay from Karlstads universitet/Institutionen för språk, litteratur och interkultur (from 2013)

    Author : Ryan Nicholas Walsh; [2023]
    Keywords : Octavia E. Butler; The Parable of the Sower; The Parable of the Talents; Naughty Dog; The Last of Us; The Last of Us: Part II; Neil Blomkamp; Elysium; ecocriticism; post-apocalypse; critical dystopia; climate change criticism; gated community; urban studies; agency; the Other; video game studies; ergodic literature.; Octavia E. Butler; The Parable of the Sower; The Parable of the Talents; Naughty Dog; The Last of Us; The Last of Us: Part II; Neil Blomkamp; Elysium; ekokritik; postapokalyps; kritisk dystopi; klimatfiktion; grindsamhällen; urbana studier; agens; det Andra; spelforskning; ergodisk litteratur.;

    Abstract : The gated community motif occurs frequently within climate and environmental disaster fiction. This thesis investigates its occurrence across three media to establish how the gated community mode of living, as rendered in post-apocalyptic speculative fiction, responds to the threat and consequences of climate and environmental crisis. READ MORE

  3. 2. Ultima Thule

    University essay from Konstfack/Grafisk design & illustration

    Author : Marcus Ivarsson; [2019]
    Keywords : comics; graphic novel; science fiction; sci-fi; dystopia; utopia; eschatology; artificial intelligence; AI; post apocalypse; apocalypse; consumption; ecology; mythology; axis mundi; eden;

    Abstract : The graduation work Ultima Thule made up by four parts, the first one is a science fiction world buliding made up of scripts, notes and sketches, the second one is a science fiction comic book in the edition of 200 with the name Everything in one place, this is the first part of the Ultima Thule-world. The third part is this report with text explaining the work process, and the third part was the participation in the Konstfack Spring Exhibition, this is also described in the report. READ MORE