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“It’s Queer that Daylight’s not Enough”: Interdependence Counters Othering in Ursula K. Le Guin’s The Left Hand of Darkness

Spallino, Jamie
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=wuhonors1624014925027157

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2021, Bachelor of Arts, Wittenberg University, English.
American author Ursula K. Le Guin explores the theme of othering through speculative fiction about encountering new civilizations, initially viewing them as hostile due to their differences, and exploring ways of reconciling their otherness. Her first three novels, published in 1966-67 as the Hainish trilogy, establish these themes: each protagonist experiences an archetypal journey combining physical travel with personal, social, and cultural development that counters their instincts to other the unfamiliar civilizations. The Left Hand of Darkness, Le Guin’s first novel on themes of gender and sexuality, is widely considered the first feminist science fiction novel, a genre that counters popular male-centric science fiction tropes and challenges their othering of women. The novel proposes relationships and interdependence as counters to othering, allowing readers to imagine interpersonal connections based on relationality.
Rick Incorvati (Advisor)
Scot Hinson (Committee Member)
Michael Anes (Committee Member)
57 p.
American Literature; Gender; Gender Studies; Literature
American literature; science fiction; sci-fi; speculative fiction; gender; androgyny; The Left Hand of Darkness; Ursula Le Guin; feminism; relationality; interdependence

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  • Spallino, J. (2021). “It’s Queer that Daylight’s not Enough”: Interdependence Counters Othering in Ursula K. Le Guin’s The Left Hand of Darkness [Undergraduate thesis, Wittenberg University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=wuhonors1624014925027157

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Spallino, Jamie. “It’s Queer that Daylight’s not Enough”: Interdependence Counters Othering in Ursula K. Le Guin’s The Left Hand of Darkness. 2021. Wittenberg University, Undergraduate thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=wuhonors1624014925027157.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Spallino, Jamie. "“It’s Queer that Daylight’s not Enough”: Interdependence Counters Othering in Ursula K. Le Guin’s The Left Hand of Darkness." Undergraduate thesis, Wittenberg University, 2021. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=wuhonors1624014925027157

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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