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Title
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Mythological backgrounds in Sheri S. Tepper's fiction.
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Creator
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Carroll, Lonna Pomeroy., Florida Atlantic University, Collins, Robert A.
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Abstract/Description
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Sheri S. Tepper, using postmodern literary techniques, utilizes ancient story forms to examine our contemporary world in three science fiction novels. Classical Greek mythology in the form of a parodic drama, "Iphigenia at Ilium" is intricately woven into The Gate to Women's Country. European fairy tale characters become metaphors for a postmodern world threatened by overpopulation and the loss of magic in Beauty. An American Indian fable, featuring Coyote, provides the mythic paradigm for A...
Show moreSheri S. Tepper, using postmodern literary techniques, utilizes ancient story forms to examine our contemporary world in three science fiction novels. Classical Greek mythology in the form of a parodic drama, "Iphigenia at Ilium" is intricately woven into The Gate to Women's Country. European fairy tale characters become metaphors for a postmodern world threatened by overpopulation and the loss of magic in Beauty. An American Indian fable, featuring Coyote, provides the mythic paradigm for A Plague of Angels. Each ancient story form is re-worked into Tepper's postmodernist fiction giving a new slant to familiar stories that highlight Tepper's feminist, ecological themes: of the folly of war, the threat of overpopulation, and mankind's interconnectedness to all living creatures.
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Date Issued
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1996
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PURL
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http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/15317
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Subject Headings
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Tepper, Sheri S--Criticism and interpretation, Mythology in literature, Science fiction--History and criticism, Fantastic literature--History and criticism
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Format
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Document (PDF)
