| Title | Human “ish”: Voices from beyond the grave in contemporary narratives (Kot) človeški: glasovi iz onostranstva v sodobnih pripovedih |
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| Date Issued | 2018-06-28 |
| Source Publication | ELOPE: English Language Overseas Perspectives and Enquiries
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| ISSN | 1581-8918 |
| Volume | 15Issue:1Pages:83-97 |
| Abstract | This essay examines three contemporary genre narratives that explore the concept of life after death: an amateur digital “creepypasta” posted on Reddit, an episode of the television series Black Mirror, and Paul La Farge’s 2017 novel The Night Ocean. Using these narratives to explore near-future death rituals, transhumanist consciousness preservation, and the role of genre fiction in exposing the instability of narratives and the distributed nature of agency in digital environments, I argue that coping with the unprecedented complexity of life in the digital age requires a re-evaluation of what constitutes the self, the human, and the extent to which the narratives that inform these boundaries are permeable and capable of acting with their own agency. |
| Keyword | Death culture Horror New media Science fiction Speculative fiction Transhumanism |
| DOI | 10.4312/elope.15.1.83-97 |
| URL | View source |
| Language | 其他Others |
| Scopus ID | 2-s2.0-85051265892 |
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| Document Type | Journal article |
| Identifier | http://repository.uic.edu.cn/handle/39GCC9TT/6306 |
| Collection | Beijing Normal-Hong Kong Baptist University |
| Corresponding Author | Duncan，Heather |
| Affiliation | United International College,China |
| First Author Affilication | Beijing Normal-Hong Kong Baptist University |
| Corresponding Author Affilication | Beijing Normal-Hong Kong Baptist University |
| Recommended Citation GB/T 7714 | Duncan，Heather. Human “ish”: Voices from beyond the grave in contemporary narratives (Kot) človeški: glasovi iz onostranstva v sodobnih pripovedih[J]. ELOPE: English Language Overseas Perspectives and Enquiries, 2018, 15(1): 83-97. |
| APA | Duncan，Heather. (2018). Human “ish”: Voices from beyond the grave in contemporary narratives (Kot) človeški: glasovi iz onostranstva v sodobnih pripovedih. ELOPE: English Language Overseas Perspectives and Enquiries, 15(1), 83-97. |
| MLA | Duncan，Heather."Human “ish”: Voices from beyond the grave in contemporary narratives (Kot) človeški: glasovi iz onostranstva v sodobnih pripovedih". ELOPE: English Language Overseas Perspectives and Enquiries 15.1(2018): 83-97. |
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