by Editor | May 31, 2024 | Literary Theory, religion
By David W. Stowe, Michigan State University In some movies, religion hits viewers over the head – including films that take home the industry’s biggest prizes. No one could miss religion’s importance in “The Exorcist” or “Jesus Christ Superstar,” both...
by Editor | Jun 23, 2023 | Literature
Susan Farrell, College of Charleston Kurt Vonnegut didn’t deliver the famous “Wear Sunscreen” graduation speech published in the Chicago Tribune that was often mistakenly attributed to the celebrated author. But he could have. Over his lifetime, he gave dozens of...
by Editor | Apr 27, 2023 | Literature, Science Fiction, Society
A connection can be made in between Ursula Le Guin’s fiction and her father’s groundbreaking work in anthropology.Oregon State University, CC BY-SA The education of Ursula Le Guin Philip W. Scher, University of Oregon On Jan. 22, Ursula K. Le Guin died in Portland,...
by Editor | Oct 14, 2022 | Literary Theory, Science Fiction
This story first appeared in Aeon; it was written by Calvert Jones and Celia Paris Humans are storytelling creatures: the stories we tell have profound implications for how we see our role in the world, and dystopian fiction keeps growing in popularity. According to...
by Editor | Jan 19, 2022 | Political Science, Science, Science Fiction
Molly Silk, PhD Candidate, Chinese Space Policy, University of Manchester This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article. On the morning of June 17, China launched its long-awaited Shenzhou-12...
