As if you had invented human speech

   As if you had invented human speech

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2012 im Fachbereich Didaktik - Englisch - Literatur, Werke, Note: 1,0, Technische Universität Carolo-Wilhelmina zu Braunschweig (Englisches Seminar), Veranstaltung: Utopia – Dystopia, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract ...

Author: Veronika Mayer

Publisher: GRIN Verlag

ISBN: 9783656287216

Category: Literary Criticism

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Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2012 im Fachbereich Englisch - Literatur, Werke, Note: 1,0, Technische Universität Carolo-Wilhelmina zu Braunschweig (Englisches Seminar), Veranstaltung: Utopia – Dystopia, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: In 1979, Barry N. Malzberg remarks about Ursula K. Le Guin that “she is, as the date of this essay, the most important contemporary writer of science fiction, and this field cannot be understood if she is not” (9). Indeed, Le Guin takes an exceptional posi- tion among writers of science fiction in the 1960s and 1970s. First, Le Guin can be re- cognized as a highly active writer during that period of time, as ten texts from her Hain- ish Cycle were published between 1966 and 19741. Among these texts are prize-win- ning novels like The Left Hand of Darkness (1969) and The Dispossessed (1974), which were both winners of the Hugo Award and the Nebula award and thus made her “not only the first woman to receive the Hugo and Nebula for the year's best novel, but the only writer to receive both awards twice for the best novel” (De Bolt, 22). Second, Le Guin also is a crucial person in the development of science fiction as a genre. Her novel The Dispossessed bears the subheading An Ambiguous Utopia. With this novel Le Guin reunites two genres which have “many close and evident connections[,] [...] [but also] exceptionally complex [interrelations]” (Williams, 52). These two genres are utopian fiction and science fiction. In The Dispossessed Le Guin also laid the technolo- gical foundation for her whole Hainish universe: She led her main character Shevek to the invention of the ansible, a means of immediate interstellar communication. My thes- is is that this technological invention, the ansible, is the crucial, but ambivalent element which makes Lu Guin's work science fiction and utopian fiction at the same time and moreover bears utopian as well as dystopian characteristics. In order to prove my thesis, I will first state and explain definitions of utopian fic- tion and science fiction. Secondly, I will give a short overview on Le Guin's biography and the works in her Hainish Cycle. Furthermore, I will analyze five novels from this cycle on the importance of the ansible. These works are Rocannon's World (1966), Planet of Exile (1966), The Left Hand of Darkness (1969), The Word for World is For- rest (1972) and The Dispossessed (1974).
Categories: Literary Criticism

The Dispossessed

The Dispossessed

Shevek, a brilliant physicist, decides to take action. he will seek answers, question the unquestionable, and attempt to tear down the walls of hatred that have isolated his planet of anarchists from the rest of the civilized universe.

Author: Ursula K. Le Guin

Publisher: Harper Voyager

ISBN: 0061054887

Category: Fiction

Page: 400

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Shevek, a brilliant physicist, decides to take action. he will seek answers, question the unquestionable, and attempt to tear down the walls of hatred that have isolated his planet of anarchists from the rest of the civilized universe. To do this dangerous task will mean giving up his family and possibly his life. Shevek must make the unprecedented journey to the utopian mother planet, Anarres, to challenge the complex structures of life and living, and ignite the fires of change.
Categories: Fiction

Who Is Who in American Literature

Who Is Who in American Literature

The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia is also part of the Hainish Cycle series, and it falls under the genre of utopian science fiction. For this novel, Le Guin again won the Nebula Award, Hugo Award, and Locus Award.

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Publisher: PublishAmerica

ISBN: 9781627722971

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The Dictionary of Made Up Languages

The Dictionary of Made Up Languages

DOCUMENTED BY Ursula Le Guin (1929–) uses Iotic in The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia (1974), the fifth book in the Hainish Cycle: Rocannon's World (1964), Planet of Exile (1966), City of Illusions (1967), The Left Hand of Darkness ...

Author: Stephen D Rogers

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

ISBN: 9781440530395

Category: Reference

Page: 304

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Can you converse in Klingon? Ask an Elf the time of day? Greet a speaker of Esperanto? These are among the more than 100 constructed languages you'll find in this book. For each one, author Stephen D. Rogers provides vocabulary, grammatical features, background information on the language and its inventor, and fascinating facts. What's more, easy-to-follow guidelines show you how to construct your own made-up language--everything from building vocabulary to making up a grammar. So pick up this dictionary! In no time, you'll be telling your friends, "Tsun oe nga-hu ni-Na'vi pangkxo a fì-'u oe-ru prrte' lu." ("It's a pleasure to be able to chat with you in Navi.")
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The Mammoth Encyclopedia of Science Fiction

The Mammoth Encyclopedia of Science Fiction

The last book in the Hainish cycle, The Dispossessed (1974), is subtitled 'An Ambiguous Utopia.' Its hero finds he is not comfortable in his own anarchistic society, so he journeys to a neighbouring capitalist world in an attempt to ...

Author: George Mann

Publisher: Hachette UK

ISBN: 9781780337043

Category: Fiction

Page: 608

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This encyclopedia is the most up-to-date, concise, clear and affordable guide to all aspects of science fiction, from its background to generic themes and devices, from authors (established and new) to films. Science fiction has evolved into one of the most popular, cutting-edge and exciting fiction geners, with a proliferation of modern and classic authors, themes and ideas, movies, TV series and awards. Arranged in an A-Z format, and featuring a comprehensive index and cross-referencing system, The Mammoth Encyclopedia of Science Fiction is also the most accessible and easy to use encyclopedia of its kind currently available.
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Communism in History and Theory

Communism in History and Theory

From Utopian socialism to the fall of the Soviet Union Donald F. Busky ... In the field of utopian writings, The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia (1974) is a masterpiece, the last of her Hainish cycle of novels, which also won for her ...

Author: Donald F. Busky

Publisher: Greenwood Publishing Group

ISBN: 9780275977481

Category: Communism

Page: 233

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Annotation Examines utopian writings and communes from ancient times to the present and explores the rise and fall of the Soviet Union.
Categories: Communism

Posthuman Becoming Narratives in Contemporary Anglophone Science Fiction

Posthuman Becoming Narratives in Contemporary Anglophone Science Fiction

Guin's other Hugo, Nebula and Locus Award winning science fiction set in the same fictional universe of the Hainish Cycle, The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia (1974) and The Telling (2000). Admittedly, according to Wimsatt and ...

Author: Zhang Na

Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing

ISBN: 9781527588516

Category: Fiction

Page: 365

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This book explores the integration of narratology with posthumanism by examining a large scope of narratives in science fiction over nearly half a century in a range of major Anglophone countries. Based on the rhizome of posthumanism, analysis of the posthuman narrative embodiments in selected contemporary Anglophone science fiction, it investigates Ursula K. Le Guin’s The Left Hand of Darkness (1969), Ian Watson’s The Jonah Kit (1975), Iain Banks’ The Bridge (1986) and Richard Powers’ Galatea 2.2 (1995) as exemplifying various aspects of posthuman becoming-other. The book shows that, in the reactive logic of nihilism, the becoming-other posthuman, rather than posing a threat, proves to be the companion and savior of human beings, whose apocalyptic sacrifice brings back the all-too-human humanity to the chaotic world of presence.
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Alternative Masculinities in Feminist Speculative Fiction

Alternative Masculinities in Feminist Speculative Fiction

The second chapter focuses on Ursula K. Le Guin's The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia, a text that illustrates the ... of a special edition of Le Guin's complete Hainish Cycle (including The Dispossessed) by the Library of America.

Author: Michael Pitts

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

ISBN: 9781793636614

Category: Literary Criticism

Page: 169

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This book demonstrates how feminist utopias are united by an interest in replacing patriarchal masculinities with an improved, egalitarian alternative. It analyzes the centrality of such alternative masculinities to the ideal society and the ways feminist fiction contributes to discussions surrounding the ongoing crisis of American masculinity.
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1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die

Ursula K. Le Guin The Dispossessed is the fifth in Le Guin's Hainish Cycle of novels but concerns the earliest events ... 1974 First Published by | Harper & Row (New York) Full Title | The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia Lifespan | b.

Author: Peter Boxall

Publisher: Hachette UK

ISBN: 9781844037193

Category: Reference

Page: 960

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Completely revised and updated to include the most up-to-date selections, this is a bold and bright reference book to the novels and the writers that have excited the world's imagination. This authoritative selection of novels, reviewed by an international team of writers, critics, academics, and journalists, provides a new take on world classics and a reliable guide to what's hot in contemporary fiction. Featuring more than 700 illustrations and photographs, presenting quotes from individual novels and authors, and completely revised for 2012, this is the ideal book for everybody who loves reading.
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The Palgrave Handbook of Anarchism

The Palgrave Handbook of Anarchism

The most recognised anarchist popular fiction is Le Guin's The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia,76 which presents ... Le Guin's The Dispossessed is in her Hainish Cycle of novels and stories, which have provoked significant scholarly ...

Author: Carl Levy

Publisher: Springer

ISBN: 9783319756202

Category: Political Science

Page: 744

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This handbook unites leading scholars from around the world in exploring anarchism as a political ideology, from an examination of its core principles, an analysis of its history, and an assessment of its contribution to the struggles that face humanity today. Grounded in a conceptual and historical approach, each entry charts what is distinctive about the anarchist response to particular intellectual, political, cultural and social phenomena, and considers how these values have changed over time. At its heart is a sustained process of conceptual definition and an extended examination of the core claims of this frequently misunderstood political tradition. It is the definitive scholarly reference work on anarchism as a political ideology, and should be a crucial text for scholars, students, and activists alike.
Categories: Political Science