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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... propose a definition of the genre fantasy which disregards all former subdivisions , such as those between heroic ... proposed so far , few of which include less than eight major subgenres . The first issue , that of “ deciding on the ...
... propose a definition of the genre fantasy which disregards all former subdivisions , such as those between heroic ... proposed so far , few of which include less than eight major subgenres . The first issue , that of “ deciding on the ...
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... proposed a holistic thesis that " being and consciousness exist as a spectrum , reaching from matter to body to mind to soul to Spirit " ( xvi ) . Since then Wilber has become one of the world's leading integrative theorists and ...
... proposed a holistic thesis that " being and consciousness exist as a spectrum , reaching from matter to body to mind to soul to Spirit " ( xvi ) . Since then Wilber has become one of the world's leading integrative theorists and ...
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... proposed an alternative to the conventional mechanistic theory of life in the form of morphogenetic fields which are “ responsible for the char- acteristic form and organization of systems at all levels of complexity , not only in the ...
... proposed an alternative to the conventional mechanistic theory of life in the form of morphogenetic fields which are “ responsible for the char- acteristic form and organization of systems at all levels of complexity , not only in the ...
Contents
Acknowledgments | 1 |
Theoretical Era | 13 |
Reductionist and Holistic Criticisms in a Battle of Worldviews | 39 |
Copyright | |
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