One Earth, One People: The Mythopoeic Fantasy Series of Ursula K. Le Guin, Lloyd Alexander, Madeleine L'Engle and Orson Scott CardThis work presents the genre of mythopoeic fantasy from a holistic perspective, arguing that this central genre of fantasy literature is largely misunderstood as a result of decades of incomplete and reductionist literary studies. The author asserts that mythopoeic fantasy is not only the most complete literary expression of a worldview based on the existence of supernatural or spiritual powers but that the genre is in a unique position to transform social consciousness with a renewed emphasis on anticipating the future. The author lays out theoretical foundations for his argument in the first four chapters and then demonstrates how the works of fantasy authors Ursula K. LeGuin, Lloyd Alexander, Madeleine L'Engle, and Orson Scott Card exemplify his argument in the remaining four chapters. |
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... claims that mythic stories of the kind that lie at the center of fantasy speak “ about a world more real that that of every day " ( Herself 337 ) . For L'Engle these stories affirm " a truth we need today ... that there is structure and ...
... claims that mythic stories of the kind that lie at the center of fantasy speak “ about a world more real that that of every day " ( Herself 337 ) . For L'Engle these stories affirm " a truth we need today ... that there is structure and ...
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... claims about this new form - never voiced as fully and convincingly by anyone before them and embraced later , more or less completely , by numerous writers and crit- ics — laid a theoretical foundation for writing mythopoeic fantasy ...
... claims about this new form - never voiced as fully and convincingly by anyone before them and embraced later , more or less completely , by numerous writers and crit- ics — laid a theoretical foundation for writing mythopoeic fantasy ...
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... claim that myths con- stitute a form of philosophy which deals with all kind of metaphysical topics appeared in Radin's ... claims about myth were already in place . The first two were that myth somehow reflects or interacts with the ...
... claim that myths con- stitute a form of philosophy which deals with all kind of metaphysical topics appeared in Radin's ... claims about myth were already in place . The first two were that myth somehow reflects or interacts with the ...
Contents
Acknowledgments | 1 |
Theoretical Era | 13 |
Reductionist and Holistic Criticisms in a Battle of Worldviews | 39 |
Copyright | |
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