Chaucer's Losers, Nintendo's Children, and Other Forays in Queer Ludonarratology (Frontiers of Narrative)

By: Tison Pugh

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Synopsis: Tison Pugh examines the intersection of narratology, ludology, and queer studies, pointing to the ways in which the blurred boundaries between game and narrative provide both a textual and a metatextual space of queer narrative potential. By focusing on these three distinct yet complementary areas, Pugh shifts understandings of the way their play, pleasure, and narrative potential are interlinked. Through illustrative readings of an eclectic collection of cultural artifacts—from Chaucer&’s Canterbury Tales to Nintendo&’s Legend of Zelda franchise, from Edward Albee&’s dramatic masterpiece Who&’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? to J. K. Rowling&’s Harry Potter fantasy novels—Pugh offers perspectives of blissful ludonarratology, sadomasochistic ludonarratology, the queerness of rules, the queerness of godgames, and the queerness of children&’s questing video games. Collectively, these analyses present a range of interpretive strategies for uncovering the disruptive potential of gaming texts and textual games while demonstrating the wide applicability of queer ludonarratology throughout the humanities.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:: 9781496218834
Related ISBNs:: 9781496217615
Publisher:: UNP - Nebraska Paperback
Date of Addition:: 12/04/19
Copyrighted By:: the Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: Nonfiction, Literature and Fiction, Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender, Social Studies, Language Arts
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.

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