Community Re-Imagined: Exploring Fantasy’s Mythopoetic Potential as a Critical Tool for Social Transformation in Steven Erikson’s Malazan Book of the Fallen
dc.contributor.author | Brochu, Amie Angèle | |
dc.contributor.copyright-release | Not Applicable | en_US |
dc.contributor.degree | Master of Social Work | en_US |
dc.contributor.department | School of Social Work | en_US |
dc.contributor.ethics-approval | Not Applicable | en_US |
dc.contributor.external-examiner | Peter Melville | en_US |
dc.contributor.graduate-coordinator | Catrina Brown | en_US |
dc.contributor.manuscripts | Not Applicable | en_US |
dc.contributor.thesis-reader | n/a | en_US |
dc.contributor.thesis-supervisor | Jeff Karabanow | en_US |
dc.contributor.thesis-supervisor | Catherine Bryan | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2019-08-26T13:48:58Z | |
dc.date.available | 2019-08-26T13:48:58Z | |
dc.date.defence | 2019-08-16 | |
dc.date.issued | 2019-08-26T13:48:58Z | |
dc.description.abstract | In social work, there is often little consideration given to the importance of fantasy literature and its potential contribution for further discussions about its myth-making (mythopoesis) possibilities. The benefits of employing fantasy literature within social work foster the goals and processes of social justice by encouraging global and humanistic thinking (Chuddley-Diatta, 2018). Considering Canada’s current neo-liberalist position upholding systemic inequality and social injustice, this thesis argues for the transformative power of fantasy literature as a narrative for critique and resistance to individualist principles. Drawing on Steven Erikson’s ten volume series, Malazan Book of the Fallen, I propose a new genre called critical fantasy which employs critical reflection and mythopoesis to promote the importance of community and solidarity as a model for a new mythos of universal collaboration and harmony while offering future applications for critical social work pedagogy. | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10222/76301 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.subject | critical fantasy | en_US |
dc.subject | community | en_US |
dc.subject | mythopoesis | en_US |
dc.subject | critical social work | en_US |
dc.subject | social justice | en_US |
dc.title | Community Re-Imagined: Exploring Fantasy’s Mythopoetic Potential as a Critical Tool for Social Transformation in Steven Erikson’s Malazan Book of the Fallen | en_US |
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