Global ETD Search
Search theses and dissertations gathered from participating repositories worldwide. Every result links back to the library that holds it. No account is needed.
Results
Showing 1 to 4 of 4 for “"Isaac Asimov"”.
-
Φιλοσοφικές αναφορές στη λογοτεχνία του φανταστικού. Η περίπτωση της επιστημονικής φαντασίας.
… Tzvetan Todorov, Darko Suvin, Ursula Le Guin και Isaac Asimov, ορίζεται το φανταστικό ως πεδίο γνωστικής και αισθητικής αμφιβολίας, όπου το υπερφυσικό και το λογικό συνυπάρχουν. Η επιστημονική φαντασία αναγνωρίζεται ως τόπος φιλοσοφικής διερεύνησης, καθώς μέσω της αφήγησης και της φαντασίας …
-
Spirit Don't Ever Die: Apocalypse and Denial in an Infinite Universe
… Ian Bogost. First, “The Last Question” by Isaac Asimov envisions a cosmic resetting by framing the universe as protagonist. Second, “Entropy” by Thomas Pynchon looses full-scale entropy on humans both witting and unwitting, framing human consciousness and ultimately inconsequential. </p>
-
"We Weren't Kidding": Prediction as Ideology in American Pulp Science Fiction, 1938-1949
In 1971, Isaac Asimov observed in humanity, a science-important society. For this he credited the man who had been his editor in the 1940s during the period known as the golden age of American science fiction, John W. Campbell, Jr. Campbell was editor of Astounding Science-Fiction, the magazine …
-
Future tense : an analysis of science fiction as secular apocalyptic literature
… machines, using the works of Frank Herbert and Isaac Asimov. Also examined are the quasi-religious nature of science fiction, apocalypse as a cleansing agent of the universe, and the myths of noble survivors of post-apocalyptic literature and films. In the light of the above, it can be …