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Time Machine as a Prop – Device of an Escape From the Human World

Summary/Abstract: The article draws attention to the significant influence of the time machine, as a prop, on plot structure and narration, as well as its specific ontological status. The examples used are H.G. Wells’s novel The Time Machine (1895), and the British tv series Doctor Who (1963–1989; 2005–). The article outlines the liminal character of the vehicle as a prop. It also proposes the interpretation of this prop in the spirit of Object-Oriented Ontology, which, according to the author, reveals the potential of the time machine in transcending the anthropocentric perspective.

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