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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... fairy tale , although he reveals the awareness of the troubling inadequacy of this “ old ” term when he makes clear that his comments pertain to “ such fairy tales as I would wish to write , or care to read ” ( 65 ) . The same was the ...
... fairy tale , although he reveals the awareness of the troubling inadequacy of this “ old ” term when he makes clear that his comments pertain to “ such fairy tales as I would wish to write , or care to read ” ( 65 ) . The same was the ...
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... fairy sto- ries " - by which he wanted to distinguish " fantasy proper " from traditional märchen and fairy tales - never caught on . In the latter he achieved a spec- tacular degree of success , for most of his observations about the ...
... fairy sto- ries " - by which he wanted to distinguish " fantasy proper " from traditional märchen and fairy tales - never caught on . In the latter he achieved a spec- tacular degree of success , for most of his observations about the ...
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... Fairy - Tales , through Marie - Louise von Franz's 1970 The Interpretation of Fairy Tales , Bruno Bettelheim's 1975 The Uses of Enchantment : The Meaning and Importance of Fairy - Tales , Vigen Guroian's 1998 Tending the Heart of Virtue ...
... Fairy - Tales , through Marie - Louise von Franz's 1970 The Interpretation of Fairy Tales , Bruno Bettelheim's 1975 The Uses of Enchantment : The Meaning and Importance of Fairy - Tales , Vigen Guroian's 1998 Tending the Heart of Virtue ...
Contents
Acknowledgments | 1 |
Theoretical Era | 13 |
Reductionist and Holistic Criticisms in a Battle of Worldviews | 39 |
Copyright | |
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