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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... creation , is evidently a basic one , the same root from which the interest in the I Ching and Taoist philosophy ... created , " at least in the sense in which the term is understood in the West . This notion has a Platonic ring to ...
... creation , is evidently a basic one , the same root from which the interest in the I Ching and Taoist philosophy ... created , " at least in the sense in which the term is understood in the West . This notion has a Platonic ring to ...
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... created the undivided world with all its beings . In step two those beings , because they " sought different things , ” agreed to part ( 249 ) . The agreement was called Verw nadan , literally “ a choice , a division , making two things ...
... created the undivided world with all its beings . In step two those beings , because they " sought different things , ” agreed to part ( 249 ) . The agreement was called Verw nadan , literally “ a choice , a division , making two things ...
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... created then in all of human history . " Computer power , Kaku reports , " is doubling every eighteen months " ( 4 ) and since 1948 , when the first computer was invented , it “ has advanced by a factor of roughly ten billion " ( 14 ) ...
... created then in all of human history . " Computer power , Kaku reports , " is doubling every eighteen months " ( 4 ) and since 1948 , when the first computer was invented , it “ has advanced by a factor of roughly ten billion " ( 14 ) ...
Contents
Acknowledgments | 1 |
Theoretical Era | 13 |
Reductionist and Holistic Criticisms in a Battle of Worldviews | 39 |
Copyright | |
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