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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... future , and to assist people in reawakening their sense of wonder and of their human potential . Driven by this redemptive urge , mythopoeic fantasy aims to create in its readers a state of mind in which fantasy " fiction " becomes a ...
... future , and to assist people in reawakening their sense of wonder and of their human potential . Driven by this redemptive urge , mythopoeic fantasy aims to create in its readers a state of mind in which fantasy " fiction " becomes a ...
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... future are encoded . Not coinciden- tally , Matthews ' monograph Fantasy refers to Alexander in a chapter entitled " Shining Past and Future : The Persistence of Camelot , " and May opens her study with a chapter on Alexander as an ...
... future are encoded . Not coinciden- tally , Matthews ' monograph Fantasy refers to Alexander in a chapter entitled " Shining Past and Future : The Persistence of Camelot , " and May opens her study with a chapter on Alexander as an ...
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... future . One special bulwark humans create " against the loss of memory in our seductively hurried world " ( Harrison and Maguire xvii ) is the type of literature that reflects our capac- ity to imagine " futures which do not simply ...
... future . One special bulwark humans create " against the loss of memory in our seductively hurried world " ( Harrison and Maguire xvii ) is the type of literature that reflects our capac- ity to imagine " futures which do not simply ...
Contents
Acknowledgments | 1 |
Theoretical Era | 13 |
Reductionist and Holistic Criticisms in a Battle of Worldviews | 39 |
Copyright | |
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