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Real or Not Real: Fragmentation, Fabrication, and Composite Identity in "The Hunger Games" and the "Mass Effect" Trilogy.

紀錄類型:	書目-電子資源 : Monograph/item
書名/作者:	Real or Not Real: Fragmentation, Fabrication, and Composite Identity in "The Hunger Games" and the "Mass Effect" Trilogy.
作者:	Curtis, Tessanna Helena.
出版者:	Ann Arbor : : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, , 2016
面頁冊數:	70 p.
附註:	Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 56-02.
Contained By:	Masters Abstracts International56-02(E).
標題:	Modern literature.
標題:	American literature.
標題:	Multimedia communications.
ISBN:	9781369312140
摘要、提要註:	As one glance at box office ratings from the past decade can attest to, twenty-first century Western society seems particularly fixated on coming-of-age stories. These stories reflect the quintessential search for identity, as explained by developmental psychologist Erik Erikson. As Erikson argues throughout his works, the fundamental task of the individual on his journey to becoming a healthy, mature adult is the formation of a personal identity and sense of self that is both unified and whole. What seems particularly ironic, however, is that these coming-of-age stories are released into a culture that is largely dismissive of Erikson's theory of identity. Instead, theorists such as Jason Zingsheim insist on the mutability of human beings, arguing that identity is plural rather than singular and that contemporary society has made it impossible for the individual to develop an integrated sense of self.

Real or Not Real: Fragmentation, Fabrication, and Composite Identity in "The Hunger Games" and the "Mass Effect" Trilogy.
Curtis, Tessanna Helena.

Real or Not Real: Fragmentation, Fabrication, and Composite Identity in "The Hunger Games" and the "Mass Effect" Trilogy. - Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2016 - 70 p.

Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 56-02.

Thesis (M.A.)--Liberty University, 2016.

As one glance at box office ratings from the past decade can attest to, twenty-first century Western society seems particularly fixated on coming-of-age stories. These stories reflect the quintessential search for identity, as explained by developmental psychologist Erik Erikson. As Erikson argues throughout his works, the fundamental task of the individual on his journey to becoming a healthy, mature adult is the formation of a personal identity and sense of self that is both unified and whole. What seems particularly ironic, however, is that these coming-of-age stories are released into a culture that is largely dismissive of Erikson's theory of identity. Instead, theorists such as Jason Zingsheim insist on the mutability of human beings, arguing that identity is plural rather than singular and that contemporary society has made it impossible for the individual to develop an integrated sense of self.

ISBN: 9781369312140Subjects--Topical Terms:

686893
Modern literature.

Real or Not Real: Fragmentation, Fabrication, and Composite Identity in "The Hunger Games" and the "Mass Effect" Trilogy.
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