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- AN ANALYSIS OF THE FOUCAULDIAN ELEMENTS OF POWER-KNOWLEDGE IN STANISLAW LEM’S SOLARIS AND ARTHUR C. CLARKE’S RENDEZVOUS WITH RAMA.
- Creator
- Junco, Marie, McGuirk, Carol, Florida Atlantic University, Department of English, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters
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The aim of this thesis is to explore the elements of power-knowledge in two SF novels written amid the Space Race during the Cold War era. While the dominant interest of both Stanislaw Lem’s Solaris and Arthur C. Clarke’s Rendezvous with Rama generally revolves around the implications of human interactions with an alien presence, my focus is primarily on the power structures that propel those interactions: questioning the intentions of scientific pursuits and analyzing the effects of...
Show moreThe aim of this thesis is to explore the elements of power-knowledge in two SF novels written amid the Space Race during the Cold War era. While the dominant interest of both Stanislaw Lem’s Solaris and Arthur C. Clarke’s Rendezvous with Rama generally revolves around the implications of human interactions with an alien presence, my focus is primarily on the power structures that propel those interactions: questioning the intentions of scientific pursuits and analyzing the effects of Foucauldian power relations on the human individual. I do this by applying Foucault’s theories of the duality of the subject and his work on biopolitics. What is gleaned is not only a study of the interests of power, but an emphasis on the intersectional restrictions of power and cognition.
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- 2020
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00013478
- Subject Headings
- Lem, Stanisław Solaris, Lem, Stanisław--Criticism and interpretation, Clarke, Arthur C (Arthur Charles), 1917-2008 Rendezvous with rama, Clarke, Arthur C (Arthur Charles), 1917-2008--Criticism and interpretation, Foucault, Michel, 1926-1984, Science and philosophy
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- CHARACTERIZATIONS OF TRAUMA IN LATE TWENTIETH CENTURY SCIENCE FICTION.
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- Owsiany, Dylan, McGuirk, Carol, Florida Atlantic University, Department of English, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters
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The prevalence and impact of trauma has been mischaracterized and misinterpreted throughout time, and this has undoubtedly affected the health and treatment of countless people throughout history. Considering this, some authors impacted by firsthand or cultural traumas before and/or during World War II and the Cold War era, went on to write works of science fiction that handled heavy and taboo characterizations of traumatic stress. Looking back at these short stories and novels with a modern...
Show moreThe prevalence and impact of trauma has been mischaracterized and misinterpreted throughout time, and this has undoubtedly affected the health and treatment of countless people throughout history. Considering this, some authors impacted by firsthand or cultural traumas before and/or during World War II and the Cold War era, went on to write works of science fiction that handled heavy and taboo characterizations of traumatic stress. Looking back at these short stories and novels with a modern clinical perspective of the impacts of trauma, one can see how these characterizations turned out to be strikingly accurate, or, at the very least, closer to truth than perspectives and hypotheses of their era. Two short stories, “Thunder and Roses” by Theodore Sturgeon and “Scanners Live in Vain” by Cordwainer Smith, and two novels, The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick and Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut, will be examined.
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- 2019
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00013402
- Subject Headings
- Science fiction--20th century, Trauma, Vonnegut, Kurt Slaughterhouse-five, Dick, Philip K Man in the high castle, Sturgeon, Theodore Thunder and roses, Smith, Cordwainer, 1913-1966--Criticism and interpretation
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- Document (PDF)
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- Creating a Religious Divide: Journeys Through Hell in British and American Science Fiction.
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- Sachdev, Advitiya, McGuirk, Carol, Florida Atlantic University, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of English
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Science fiction, like any other genre, is sub-divided into categories. Yet scholars in the field have long debated the existence of multiple, regional sf genres. The most critiqued of these classifications is between sf produced in Britain, and America. Though Britain remains the birthplace of sf, American author have undoubtedly left a mark on the genre. Scholars mark this difference in the writing styles and themes of authors in these regions. To examine this difference, I analyze two...
Show moreScience fiction, like any other genre, is sub-divided into categories. Yet scholars in the field have long debated the existence of multiple, regional sf genres. The most critiqued of these classifications is between sf produced in Britain, and America. Though Britain remains the birthplace of sf, American author have undoubtedly left a mark on the genre. Scholars mark this difference in the writing styles and themes of authors in these regions. To examine this difference, I analyze two authors that have worked on a common theme: religion and in particular, the concept of hell. Evaluating the arguments put forth by critics such as Peter Kuczka, Cy Chavin, Franz Rottensteiner, and others; I examine works by Scottish author Iain m. Banks, and American author Cordwainer Smith to determine the validity of this classification.
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- 2016
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004785, http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004785
- Subject Headings
- Science fiction--Religious aspects., Religion and literature--English-speaking countries., Science fiction, English--History and criticism., Science fiction, American--History and criticism., Fantasy fiction, English--History and criticism., Fantasy fiction, American--History and criticism.
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- The Terror of Utopia: Examining Doubles as the Source for Cognition in Margaret Atwood’s Fiction.
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- Toulas, Rosemary, McGuirk, Carol, Florida Atlantic University, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of English
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Much has been written about the effectiveness of speculative fiction, especially utopian works. In this thesis I will examine the source of fear in Margaret Artwood’s works The Handmaid’s Tale and Oryx and Crake using Sigmund Freud’s “The Uncanny” to illustrate the terror of doubles as they appear in the novels. The terror in The Handmaid’s Tale comes from the descriptions of distorted physical environments, while the horror in Oryx and Crake emanates from the familiar yet twisted animals and...
Show moreMuch has been written about the effectiveness of speculative fiction, especially utopian works. In this thesis I will examine the source of fear in Margaret Artwood’s works The Handmaid’s Tale and Oryx and Crake using Sigmund Freud’s “The Uncanny” to illustrate the terror of doubles as they appear in the novels. The terror in The Handmaid’s Tale comes from the descriptions of distorted physical environments, while the horror in Oryx and Crake emanates from the familiar yet twisted animals and characters found inside the corporate compounds. Through the recognition of these doubles as uncanny, Atwood’s work moves readers to cognition and social action.
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- 2016
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004781, http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004781
- Subject Headings
- Uncanny, The (Psychoanalysis), in literature., Doubles in literature.
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- Document (PDF)