Visions of the Wasteland in "Maze Runner". The Scorch Trials as Climate Fiction
Author : Sara Bauer
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,52 MB
Release : 2023-12-04
Category :
ISBN : 9783346981134
Visions of the Wasteland in "Maze Runner". The Scorch Trials as Climate Fiction
Author : Sara Bauer
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
Page : 21 pages
File Size : 34,64 MB
Release : 2023-12-08
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 3346981126
Book Description
Seminar paper from the year 2023 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, grade: 1.0, Humboldt-University of Berlin (Anglistik & Amerikanistik), course: Genre: Fiction, language: English, abstract: This seminar paper will deep dive into the origins of climate fiction, and the imagery used in the novel, as well as compare it to current realities, to unveil how The Scorch Trials serves as an allegory of the pressing issues of climate change and a possible future we might face and why it can be categorized as cli-fi. Is climate fiction merely a subgenre of science fiction, or could we already classify it as a genre of its own? How do we understand the cultural context of such narratives, and what realities do climate fiction draw from? A link to James Dasher’s novel Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials is to be made by looking into dystopian narratives and current pressing climate issues portrayed in The Maze Runner: Scorch Trials through climate fiction narration.
The Scorch Trials Movie Tie-in Edition (Maze Runner, Book Two)
Author : James Dashner
Publisher : Delacorte Press
Page : 394 pages
File Size : 17,19 MB
Release : 2015-08-04
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 055353842X
Book Description
Book two in the blockbuster Maze Runner series that spawned a movie franchise and ushered in a worldwide phenomenon! This special movie tie-in edition includes an eight-page full-color insert with photos from the film. And don’t miss The Fever Code, the highly-anticipated series conclusion that finally reveals the story of how the maze was built! Thomas was sure that escape from the Maze would mean freedom for him and the Gladers. But WICKED isn’t done yet. Phase Two has just begun. The Scorch. The Gladers have two weeks to cross through the Scorch—the most burned-out section of the world. And WICKED has made sure to adjust the variables and stack the odds against them. There are others now. Their survival depends on the Gladers’ destruction—and they’re determined to survive. Friendships will be tested. Loyalties will be broken. All bets are off. The Maze Runner and Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials are now major motion pictures featuring the star of MTV's Teen Wolf, Dylan O’Brien; Kaya Scodelario; Aml Ameen; Will Poulter; and Thomas Brodie-Sangster. The third movie, Maze Runner: The Death Cure, will hit screens in 2018. Also look for James Dashner’s edge-of-your-seat MORTALITY DOCTRINE series! Praise for the Maze Runner series: A #1 New York Times Bestselling Series A USA Today Bestseller A Kirkus Reviews Best Teen Book of the Year An ALA-YASLA Best Fiction for Young Adults Book An ALA-YALSA Quick Pick “[A] mysterious survival saga that passionate fans describe as a fusion of Lord of the Flies, The Hunger Games, and Lost.” —EW “Wonderful action writing—fast-paced…but smart and well observed.” —Newsday “[A] nail-biting must-read.” —Seventeen “Breathless, cinematic action.” —Publishers Weekly “Heart pounding to the very last moment.” —Kirkus Reviews “Exclamation-worthy.” —Romantic Times “James Dashner’s illuminating prequel [The Kill Order] will thrill fans of this Maze Runner [series] and prove just as exciting for readers new to the series.” —Shelf Awareness, Starred “Take a deep breath before you start any James Dashner book.” —Deseret News
Swan Song
Author : Robert McCammon
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 928 pages
File Size : 32,91 MB
Release : 2016-07-26
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1501131427
Book Description
In a nightmarish, post-holocaust world, an ancient evil roams a devastated America, gathering the forces of human greed and madness, searching for a child named Swan who possesses the gift of life.
Invisible Man
Author : Ralph Ellison
Publisher : Penguin Books Limited
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 38,90 MB
Release : 2014
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780241970560
Book Description
The invisible man is the unnamed narrator of this impassioned novel of black lives in 1940s America. Embittered by a country which treats him as a non-being he retreats to an underground cell.
Maze Runner 3: The Death Cure
Author : James Dashner
Publisher : Chicken House
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 34,7 MB
Release : 2013-12-05
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1908435356
Book Description
The Trials are over. WICKED have collected all the information they can. Now it's up to the Gladers to complete the blueprint for the cure to the Flare with a final voluntary test. But something has happened that no-one at WICKED has foreseen: Thomas has remembered more than they think. And he knows WICKED can't be trusted ... The time for lies is over. But the truth is more dangerous than anyone could have imagined. With the Gladers divided, can they all make it?
Building Sci-fi Moviescapes
Author : Matt Hanson
Publisher : Gulf Professional Publishing
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 38,94 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9780240807720
Book Description
Building Sci-fi Moviescapes provides a rare, behind-the-scenes examination of how the digital city and space-scapes in science fiction movies are created-through the eyes of directors, producers, production designers, and visualization artists. This is a stunning showcase of some of the most impressive digital city and space-scapes to come out of the movies, from Hollywood, as well as the Japanese and European film industries. From seminal movies of the 1980s such as Tron and Bladerunner, to classic series such as The Matrix and Star Wars, to recent films such as Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow, this book is the definitive guide to the imagined aesthetics of the future. Through authoritative commentary and interviews with key directors, producers, production designers, and 3D visual artists, Building Sci-fi Moviescapes explores trends and digital visualization methods in science fiction films from the last three decades. * A celebration in design and creativity in Sci-Fi filmmaking for the CG artist * Access to reavealing interviews with key 3D industry professionals * Rich creative inspiration for Sci-Fi filmmakers
The Ecocriticism Reader
Author : Cheryll Glotfelty
Publisher : University of Georgia Press
Page : 466 pages
File Size : 44,42 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780820317816
Book Description
This book is the first collection of its kind, an anthology of classic and cutting-edge writings in the rapidly emerging field of literary ecology. Exploring the relationship between literature and the physical environment, literary ecology is the study of the ways that writing - from novels and folktales to U.S. government reports and corporate advertisements - both reflects and influences our interactions with the natural world.
American Cities in Post-Apocalyptic Science Fiction
Author : Robert Yeates
Publisher : UCL Press
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 16,3 MB
Release : 2021-11-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1800080980
Book Description
Visions of the American city in post-apocalyptic ruin permeate literary and popular fiction, across print, visual, audio and digital media. American Cities in Post-Apocalyptic Science Fiction explores the prevalence of these representations in American culture, drawing from a wide range of primary and critical works from the early-twentieth century to today. Beginning with science fiction in literary magazines, before taking in radio dramas, film, video games and expansive transmedia franchises, Robert Yeates argues that post-apocalyptic representations of the American city are uniquely suited for explorations of contemporary urban issues. Examining how the post-apocalyptic American city has been repeatedly adapted and repurposed to new and developing media over the last century, this book reveals that the content and form of such texts work together to create vivid and immersive fictional spaces in ways that would otherwise not be possible. Chapters present media-specific analyses of these texts, situating them within their historical contexts and the broader history of representations of urban ruins in American fiction. Original in its scope and cross-media approach, American Cities in Post-Apocalyptic Science Fiction both illuminates little-studied texts and provides provocative new readings of familiar works such as Blade Runner and The Walking Dead, placing them within the larger historical context of imaginings of the American city in ruins.
The Spell of the Sensuous
Author : David Abram
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 32,24 MB
Release : 2012-10-17
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0307830551
Book Description
Winner of the International Lannan Literary Award for Nonfiction Animal tracks, word magic, the speech of stones, the power of letters, and the taste of the wind all figure prominently in this intellectual tour de force that returns us to our senses and to the sensuous terrain that sustains us. This major work of ecological philosophy startles the senses out of habitual ways of perception. For a thousand generations, human beings viewed themselves as part of the wider community of nature, and they carried on active relationships not only with other people with other animals, plants, and natural objects (including mountains, rivers, winds, and weather patters) that we have only lately come to think of as "inanimate." How, then, did humans come to sever their ancient reciprocity with the natural world? What will it take for us to recover a sustaining relation with the breathing earth? In The Spell of the Sensuous David Abram draws on sources as diverse as the philosophy of Merleau-Ponty, Balinese shamanism, Apache storytelling, and his own experience as an accomplished sleight-of-hand of magician to reveal the subtle dependence of human cognition on the natural environment. He explores the character of perception and excavates the sensual foundations of language, which--even at its most abstract--echoes the calls and cries of the earth. On every page of this lyrical work, Abram weaves his arguments with a passion, a precision, and an intellectual daring that recall such writers as Loren Eisleley, Annie Dillard, and Barry Lopez.
