Narrating machines: Figurations of technology in "1 Henry VI", "Robinson Crusoe", and "The Matrix".

Author

• Robert Patton Fanning, West Virginia University

Date of Graduation

2002

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Type

MA

Committee Chair

Robert Markley

Abstract

This essay attempts to demonstrate a tradition of the narrative use of technological tropes in Anglo-American popular narratives since the Renaissance. A play by William Shakespeare, a narrative by Daniel Defoe, and a recent movie are analyzed and compared to show the varying ways that technology has consistently figured in narrative attempts to address the contemporary social concerns narratively.

Recommended Citation

Fanning, Robert Patton, "Narrating machines: Figurations of technology in "1 Henry VI", "Robinson Crusoe", and "The Matrix"." (2002). Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD). 10684.
https://researchrepository.wvu.edu/etd/10684