THE IMMORTALITY CONCEPT IN ROGER ZELAZNY’S “JACK OF SHADOWS”
THE IMMORTALITY CONCEPT IN ROGER ZELAZNY’S “JACK OF SHADOWS”
Author(s): Gayane MuradianSubject(s): Theory of Literature, American Literature
Published by: Filološki fakultet, Nikšić
Keywords: science fiction immortality; interconnectedness of consciousness and Jungian unconscious archetypes; the shadow archetype; individuation;
Summary/Abstract: The most appealing model of Science Fiction immortality seems to be the connected-lives serial model in which internal psychological continuities: identity, memory, beliefs, experiences, desires pass from one life to the other. It is the validity of this point that will be discussed in the light of Hermeneutic Phenomenology, Jungian Archetypal Concept, Transcendental Philosophy to conclude that life extension is reasonable/justified in the interconnectedness of the conscious and the “collective unconscious”, “science” and “magic” through which the desired model of an immortal will harmonize life and his world of inhabitancy.
Journal: Folia Linguistica et Litteraria
- Issue Year: 2015
- Issue No: 10
- Page Range: 165-177
- Page Count: 13
- Language: English