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Showing 1 to 20 of 26 for “"dystopic"”.
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New Technology in Education as Viewed through the Utopic and Dystopic Worlds of Science Fiction
The use of educational technology has become a focus of reform efforts designed to enrich student learning. Proponents of technology view it as the panacea of education while others ask us to question this myth-information. Throughout America, school districts are designating millions of dollars …
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Exploring the New Front of the Culture War: <i>1984, Oryx and Crake,</i> and Cultural Hegemony
Dystopic fiction is defined by its depiction of oppressive societies with power structures that seek to exercise control on its citizens. Orwell’s classic 1984 depicts a society that is a reaction to World War II and totalitarian regimes. This society depicts elements of cultural hegemony that are …
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Fear of the Future: A Speculative Exploration of Cinematic Dystopias
… analysis, this study gathered data from three dystopic films, including V for Vendetta, Minority Report, and Equilibrium, all chosen for their criminological themes and futuristic settings. A secondary content analysis of contemporary socio-political conditions was also carried out using …
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Representations of Queen Elizabeth I in Edmund Spenser's Pastoral Poetry
… will argue, Spenser exacerbates to construct a dystopic pastoral. The dystopic pastoral reflects Spenser's inner turmoil surrounding his own future, and that of Protestantism in England. This thesis will examine the implications of Spenser's destructive outlook on his pastoral, which is …
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A Study of Locality in Hong Kong Contemporary Literature
… this political ideal. Their writings expressed a dystopic image in which the vibrant and diverse society of Hong Kong during the colonial era would be assimilated by the PRC’s governance. Such a dystopic vision of the post-1997 Hong Kong society is subtly brought forward by forging Hong Kong …
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Dystopian Cinderellas: "I Follow Him into the Dark"
… ways that fictional characters handle conflict. Dystopic narratives extrapolate on the potential sociopolitical consequences of contemporary social issues that adolescents face. In recent years, authors of young adult fiction have proliferated dystopian novels about disciplinary societies that …
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Morphological Freedom and the Construction of Bodymind Malleability from Eugenics to Transhumanism
… is a generative, heterotopic (neither utopic nor dystopic), force toward which we ought strive through engaging intentionally with each other in care relations.
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Cutting clear
… their view of planting, whether utopic or dystopic has been tested. They are forced to see how their view affects the people around them and the choices, or lack of choice, it provides.
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Lo visible, lo invisible y lo imaginable: Neoliberalismo y ciudad en las producciones culturales de posguerra en Centroamérica
… such productions that escape the utopic and dystopic dichotomy (metaexposure). Through this investigation I emphasize the importance of studying urban imaginaries in cultural productions by distinguishing how these representations are themselves an invitation to be critical of the …
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Cellulore phenomenon : promoting and policing cellular phones in Canada
… related to cellphone use. In the "utopic" and "dystopic" stories of cellulore, there are cautious, dismissive, and indecisive opinions about the meaning and value of the cellphone in our everyday lives. The aim of this thesis is to reveal how five taken-for-granted processes have promulgated the …
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Nothing Remains Still: Stories and a Novella
… stories is meant to be surreal, approaching the dystopic, as a way to reveal the underlying horror of growing up in low-income housing. The story, as so many of these stories do in their real life correlates, ultimately ends in tragedy for the central family. The novella, Nothing Remains Still, …
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The poetics of place: New York and identity in the works of Paul Auster
… imagination through Auster’s representations of dystopic and utopian places, and the role of magic and illusion. Chapter 8 demonstrates how Auster presents a community able to ground a sense of identity in the collaborative practices of story telling and film making
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Acid Messianism: Pier Paolo Pasolini’s Script for ‘San Paolo’
… of the future outside of its own narrow— and dystopic— ideology. A new understanding of the apocalypse is explicated to frame Pasolini’s cinema and my work as activating futurity beyond neoliberal ideology with revelation and hope at its core. Within the script for ‘San Paolo’, Pasolini …
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WASH OUT: FLUVIAL FORMS AND PROCESSES ON THE AMERICAN FRONTIERS
… for experimental vision from utopic and dystopic lenses.
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WASH OUT: FLUVIAL FORMS AND PROCESSES ON THE AMERICAN FRONTIERS
… for experimental vision from utopic and dystopic lenses.
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Gathering Futures: Speculative Fiction as a Map for Transforming the Climate Crisis
… literature argues it can change the present. Dystopic, utopic, and everything in between has been imagined by speculative literature, sometimes with surprising accuracy (see Octavia E. Butler and Margaret Atwood). If these writers have, knowingly or not, predicted elements of our present, …
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A Littoral Place: Loss and Environment in Contemporary Newfoundland Fiction
… Forgot How to Breathe (2003), an antimodern and dystopic novel set in outport Newfoundland following the collapse of the cod fishery. I employ Svetlana Boym’s distinction between “restorative” and “reflective” nostalgia to suggest that reflective nostalgia might play a key role in re-placing …
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Wonderboom
Wonderboom (Wondertree) could be considered as a dystopic novel that takes place in a post-apocalyptic era within the South African landscape. It is the time of disillusioned citizens and access to most resources is limited, except for the plutocrats. The result is that the division between the …
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Wonderboom
Wonderboom (Wondertree) could be considered as a dystopic novel that takes place in a post-apocalyptic era within the South African landscape. It is the time of disillusioned citizens and access to most resources is limited, except for the plutocrats. The result is that the division between the …
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The Green World of Dystopian Fiction
… free life away from the tyrannical powers of the dystopic society. The dystopian green world experience follows a pattern of flight, immersion, and departure. In the first segment, the protagonists flee from the oppressive society and into nature; in the second, they immerse themselves within the …
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