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Shock and Awe in Kurt Vonnegut’s Slaughterhouse-Five

Posted on June 16, 2017 by Darlene Reilley

In Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.’s Slaughterhouse-Five, or the Children’s Crusade, a soldier bounces through time, meets aliens, and relives points in his life, centering around Dresden, Germany, during his tour during the Second World War. Vonnegut uses anaphora for a comical, … Continue reading →

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Ethnographic Fiction: Ursula K. Le Guin’s The Left Hand of Darkness

Posted on June 16, 2017 by Darlene Reilley

  In The Left Hand of Darkness, Ursula K. Le Guin has written twenty chapters in a woven epic account of Genry Ai’s experience as an Envoy to the planet Gethen. The book works because of the way Le Guin … Continue reading →

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