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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... religion [ in ] that it operates in the same space and uses the same devices as the discourse of religion , and does so largely to the same end : the articulation of hope " ( iii ) . Filmer suggests that in the modern , secular society ...
... religion [ in ] that it operates in the same space and uses the same devices as the discourse of religion , and does so largely to the same end : the articulation of hope " ( iii ) . Filmer suggests that in the modern , secular society ...
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... religion . Within Western Christian civilization , the awareness of the incip- ient transformation has produced four major responses : a wholesale aban- donment of religion , called secularism ; a religious rejection of modernity ...
... religion . Within Western Christian civilization , the awareness of the incip- ient transformation has produced four major responses : a wholesale aban- donment of religion , called secularism ; a religious rejection of modernity ...
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... religion , the lat- ter , as Pat Pinsent puts it in her 2006 " Revisioning Religion and Spiritual- ity : Contemporary Fantasy for Young Readers , " relates to " codes of behavior and practices designed to help individuals and groups to ...
... religion , the lat- ter , as Pat Pinsent puts it in her 2006 " Revisioning Religion and Spiritual- ity : Contemporary Fantasy for Young Readers , " relates to " codes of behavior and practices designed to help individuals and groups to ...
Contents
Acknowledgments | 1 |
Theoretical Era | 13 |
Reductionist and Holistic Criticisms in a Battle of Worldviews | 39 |
Copyright | |
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