abstract: The goals of science and myth go hand in hand. Both seek to see beyond the senses. Both seek to understand the environment and the human mind. Both seek patterns. Both invent, through narrative, reasons for things happening the way they do. This considered, how do writers use myths in contemporary literature? How do they use science? Myth and science are stories that belong to everyone, stories that are shared. For those who are brought up learning science in school or who are raised in a religious society, how can writers take advantage of these shared associations, these shared memories, when writing fiction? What is the power of science in fiction? This essay seeks to answer these questions. / Dissertation/Thesis / Masters Thesis English 2015
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:asu.edu/item:30066 |
| Date | January 2015 |
| Contributors | Diehl, Dana (Author), McNally, T.M. (Advisor), Ison, Tara (Committee member), Pritchard, Melissa (Committee member), Arizona State University (Publisher) |
| Source Sets | Arizona State University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Masters Thesis |
| Format | 29 pages |
| Rights | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/, All Rights Reserved |
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