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Reality Collapses, "Real or Not Real?": The Theoretical Consequences of Compromised Authenticity in Suzanne Collins' Mockingjay
Title
Reality Collapses, "Real or Not Real?": The Theoretical Consequences of Compromised Authenticity in Suzanne Collins' Mockingjay
Author
Pailthorpe, Brittany
Date Created
2015
Subjects--Topical
Communication, Literature, Rhetoric
Description
This thesis proposes the theorization of the consequences of what I deem compromised authenticity, in this hyper-mediated age. Drawing from the work of scholars concerned with the growing anxiety over the tension between the authentic and the inau...
Telling Stories for The Last of Us: A Ludonarrative Trauma Analysis
Title
Telling Stories for The Last of Us: A Ludonarrative Trauma Analysis
Author
Buescher, Holly
Date Created
2023
Subjects--Topical
Literature, Rhetoric, Sex role
Description
In this thesis, I propose that The Last of Us franchise functions as an exemplar on how survival horror video games are uniquely situated as a genre and medium to make precise statements about empathy, complicity, and trauma. However, upon applyin...