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Ursula K Le Guin; Feminist Genius ?

1. Rashley, Lisa Hammond. “Revisioning Gender: Inventing Women in Ursula K. Le Guin’s Nonfiction.” Biography: An Interdisciplinary Quarterly, vol. 30, no. 1, Winter 2007, pp. 22–47. EBSCOhost, doi:10.1353/bio.2007.0029.

In this Article, it talks about the multiple different works of Ursula K Le Guin and how she has created different feminist identities. Whether that be in Magical Realism, Utopia science fiction, or  Fantasy pieces. This is a scholarly, unbiased article. I would use this in my research because it offers several different point of views and puts forth clear concise information about her writing.

2. Pennington, John. “Exorcising Gender: Resisting Readers in Ursula K. Le Guin’s Left Hand of Darkness.” Extrapolation (Kent State University Press), vol. 41, no. 4, Winter 2000, pp. 351–358. EBSCOhost, doi:10.3828/extr.2000.41.4.351.

In this article by John Pennington, it discusses how Le Guin approaches androgyny in her

Science Fiction pieces and the way she uses gender roles and tradition patterns. This is a scholarly and unbiased article and would be very helpful to use during my research because it gives strong points on Le Guin's writing style.

3. “The Talking Porcupine Liberates Utopia: Le Guin’s ‘Omelas’ as Pretext to the Dance.” Utopian Studies, vol. 2, no. 1/2, June 1991, p. 6. EBSCOhost, search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=4113049&site=ehost-live&scope=site.

This article is about narrative voices Le Guin uses in her writing and talks about the to study of utopian societies. This is a scholarly, unbiased article, but I wouldn't use it for my research because the information it is giving doesn’t help to further my research into her.

4. Nadir, Christine. “Utopian Studies, Environmental Literature, and the Legacy of an Idea: Educating Desire in Miguel Abensour and Ursula K. Le Guin.” Utopian Studies, vol. 21, no. 1, Mar. 2010, pp. 24–56. EBSCOhost, doi:10.5325/utopianstudies.21.1.0024.

This article talks about postmodern Utopias and how Le Guin uses it within her writing. This is scholarly and unbiased. I would use this for my research because it goes into depth about her utopian writing style. It also gives lots of information about other aspects of her writing.

5. Tschachler, Heinz. “Forgetting Dostoevsky; or, The Political Unconscious of Ursula K. Le Guin.” Utopian Studies, vol. 2, no. 1/2, June 1991, p. 63. EBSCOhost, search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=4113053&site=ehost-live&scope=site

This article is about all the ways Le Guin tried to look for inspiration for a Utopia in non traditional ways. This is a scholarly unbiased article. I would use it for my research because it offers good information about Le Guin’s approach to inspiration for writing.

Final Topic- THUG

area to expand on wiki- challenges? maybe reception?

maybe add a brand new area on the wiki page?

Theme-

A major theme in this novel by Thomas is identity and the struggle to find who you are. In this piece, the main character Starr, has one foot in two utterly different worlds which causes massive amounts of stress and worry. She goes to a predominately white school called Williamson Prep, but goes home every night to a predominantly black, working class neighborhood by the name of Garden Heights. She was forced to change her behavior to fit each world she was in. The immense difference in culture made her life hard enough without the added pressure of what was to come. When Starr decided to take a ride home from an old childhood friend after a party, things took a wrong turn.They were stopped by a police officer and Khalil, her friend, was shot and killed. This only caused more of an identity crisis for her. Starr felt like she couldn't truly be herself anywhere. When she went to school, she felt like if she spoke out about the tragedy of Khalil's death she would be deemed "too black", but if she spoke out at home in Garden Heights she would be "too white" to be able to openly talk about it without judgement. Throughout the remainder of the story Starr is battling the back and forth of her two worlds and trying to accept and be prideful of all parts of herself.

Source-sparknotes and social justice books