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Recycling high culture in science fiction : Homer and Shakespeare in Dan Simmons's Ilium and Olympos

Year: 2013

Type: dissertation

Abstract: In this dissertation I discuss the way SF, and more specifically Dan Simmons, brings a new perspective to the postmodern debate of high vs. low culture. To do so, I analyze the way readers with different cultural backgrounds will tend to react to the use high culture in SF, a literature still considered 'low' by many. In addition, I also discuss how the specific approach of the author allows for new reinterpretations of the debate by putting high and low culture at the same narrative level.

Source: Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona)

Author: Rubén Arjona

Language: English

Topic: Utopian, Dystopian, and Speculative Fiction

Subfield: Literature and Literary Theory

Field: Arts and Humanities

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W3138317130

Cites: 5

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