Identity in Doris Lessing’s Space Fiction
In her space fiction, Doris Lessing makes clear her aim to encourage us to look at our individual and collective identities more objectively. Included in this study of identity, of our role as a member of a society based on group affiliation, are works which can be considered under the rubric of wh...
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| Yayımlandı: | URI:https://journals.openedition.org/ebc, |
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| Materyal Türü: | Article ou chapitre numérique |
| Dil: | Anglais |
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Études britanniques contemporaines
2018
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| Online Erişim: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Özet: | In her space fiction, Doris Lessing makes clear her aim to encourage us to look at our individual and collective identities more objectively. Included in this study of identity, of our role as a member of a society based on group affiliation, are works which can be considered under the rubric of what Lessing calls ‘space fiction’: the five novels of Canopus in Argos: Archives, as well as Briefing for a Descent into Hell and Memoirs of a Survivor, all of which have more to do with their effec... |
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