Joseph Campbell's Functions of Myth in Science Fiction: A Modern Mythology and the Historical and Ahistorical Duality of Time

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dc.contributor.authorSmith, Laurel Annen
dc.contributor.committeechairSwenson, Karenen
dc.contributor.committeememberKnapp, Shoshana Milgramen
dc.contributor.committeememberSullivan, Ernest W.en
dc.contributor.departmentEnglishen
dc.date.accessioned2014-02-08T09:00:11Zen
dc.date.available2014-02-08T09:00:11Zen
dc.date.issued2014-02-07en
dc.description.abstractThis document explores the relationships between science fiction and mythology, utilizing the theories of Joseph Campbell and Carl Jung in particular. Conclusions are then drawn that argue that science fiction performs the same functions as mythology in the modern world. The author provides examples of these functions being performed in science fiction by analyzing two novels: The Forest of Hands and Teeth, and Stranger in a Strange Land. Finally, the document explores the narratives' uses of time in historical and ahistorical modes as a vehicle for its functions, and argues that the various uses of time are key to science fiction acting as modern mythology.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Artsen
dc.format.mediumETDen
dc.identifier.othervt_gsexam:1234en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/25350en
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectmyth theoryen
dc.subjectjoseph campbellen
dc.subjectcarl jungen
dc.subjectscience fictionen
dc.titleJoseph Campbell's Functions of Myth in Science Fiction: A Modern Mythology and the Historical and Ahistorical Duality of Timeen
dc.typeThesisen
thesis.degree.disciplineEnglishen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Artsen

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