| Titre : | Exploring the Literature of Pandemic through Dean Koontz’s The Eyes of Darkness |
| Auteurs : | A.DAOUDI, Auteur ; P/ LLA Dr.N. ALI RABAH, Directeur de thèse |
| Type de document : | texte imprimé |
| Editeur : | SAIDA [ALGERIE] : 1- University of Saida - Dr. Moulay Tahar / Faculty of Letters, Languages and Arts Department of English Language and Literature, 2022-2023 |
| Format : | 60p / 27cm |
| Accompagnement : | CD |
| Langues: | Anglais |
| Catégories : | |
| Note de contenu : |
DECLARATION OF ORIGINALITY .....................................................................................I
DEDICATION ......................................................................................................................... II ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ......................................................................................................III ABSTRACT ............................................................................................................................ IV TABLE OF CONTENTS: ....................................................................................................... V LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS............................................................................................... VII GENERAL INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................ 1 CHAPTER ONE: A GLIMPSE ON SCIENCE FICTION .................................................... 3 1.1 I NTRODUCTION .................................................................................................................. 4 1.2 S CIENCE F ICTION ............................................................................................................... 4 1.2.1 Origins of Science Fiction ........................................................................................... 5 1.2.1.1 Proto-Science-Fiction ........................................................................................... 5 1.2.1.2 The Age of Enlightenment .................................................................................... 5 1.2.1.3 Scientific Romance .............................................................................................. 6 1.2.1.4 Recognition of Science Fiction as a Literary Genre .............................................. 8 1.2.1.5 The Golden Age ................................................................................................... 8 1.2.1.6 The New Wave..................................................................................................... 9 1.3 T YPES OF S CIENCE F ICTION ................................................................................................ 9 1.3.1 Apocalyptic Literature .............................................................................................. 10 1.3.2 Post-apocalyptic ....................................................................................................... 12 1.3.2.1 Trauma, the Death Drive, and Post-apocalyptic .................................................. 14 1.3.2.2 The Appeals and Functions of Post-apocalyptic .................................................. 14 1.4 N ARRATIVES OF P LAGUES , D ISEASE , E PIDEMICS , AND V IRUSES ......................................... 15 1.5 D YSTOPIAN F ICTION ......................................................................................................... 17 1.6 S CIENCE F ICTION VS . D YSTOPIAN F ICTION ........................................................................ 20 1.7 S CIENCE F ICTION VS . F ANTASY ......................................................................................... 22 1.8 C ONCLUSION .................................................................................................................... 23 CHAPTER TWO : A GLIMPSE ON PANDEMIC LITERATURE .................................... 25 2.1 I NTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................ 26 2.2 P ANDEMIC S CIENCE F ICTION ............................................................................................ 26 2.3 P ANDEMIC L ITERATURE : A N O VERVIEW ........................................................................... 28 2.4 T HEMES OF P ANDEMIC L ITERATURE ................................................................................. 32 2.5 P ANDEMIC L ITERATURE AND P SYCHOANALYSIS ................................................................ 34 2.6 C ONCLUSION .................................................................................................................... 36 VI CHAPTER THREE : EXPLORING PANDEMIC LITERATURE THROUGH THE EYES OF DARKNESS ...................................................................................................................... 37 3.1 I NTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................ 38 3.2 T HE E YES OF D ARKNESS AS A S CIENCE - FICTION N OVEL .................................................... 38 3.4 T HE P ANDEMIC T HEMES OF T HE E YES OF D ARKNESS ........................................................ 43 3.5 T HE P REDICTION OF C OVID -19 ......................................................................................... 48 3.6 T HE P SYCHOANALYSIS R EADING OF T HE E YES OF D ARKNESS ........................................... 48 3.7 C ONCLUSION .................................................................................................................... 54 GENERAL CONCLUSION ................................................................................................... 56 G ENERAL C ONCLUSION .......................................................................................................... 57 LIST OF REFERENCES : ..................................................................................................... 59 References…..…………………...……………………………………………………………59 |
Exemplaires
| Code-barres | Cote | Support | Localisation | Section | Disponibilité |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| aucun exemplaire |
Documents numériques (1)
BUC-M 010106 Adobe Acrobat PDF |
