I'm doing a comparative study of Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials series and CS Lewis' Chronicles of Narnia.
Going to look at how these texts differently represent ideas relating to religion, love & friendship, justice, etc., and what this says about changes to society and culture over the...
1. American Gods by Neil Gaiman (contemporary fantasy) - Shadow (the protagonist) is caught up in a conflict between traditional [local] pagan gods and the new [global] gods of technology, media, etc.
2. Serial Experiments Lain (cyberpunk anime) - Lain explores the Wired [a kind of global...