The Concept of Time Travel in The Time Machine and “A Sound of Thunder”

master's thesis

• Author: Daniel Prebeg
• Mentor: Iva Polak (mentor)
• Committee member: Vanja Polić Jurković (predsjednik povjerenstva)
• Committee member: Ivana Bašić (član povjerenstva)
• Committee member: Iva Polak (član povjerenstva)
• Granter: University of Zagreb; Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences; (Department of English language and literature); Zagreb
• Defense date and country: 2022-09-23, Croatia
• Scientific / art field, discipline and subdiscipline: HUMANISTIC SCIENCES; Philology; Anglistics

Abstract

The thesis discusses the phenomenon of time travel and its usage in narratives. It covers the evolution of time travel stories, from the unexplained and coincidental time slips to the introduction of the time machine, which became one of the more recognizable tropes of science fiction in general. The ensuing discussion includes the influence that scientifical ideas and concepts had on SF authors and their work, as well as the inevitable paradoxes that arise from time travelling to the past.... More Through the examples of two classics of time travel fiction, H. G. Wells’ The Time Machine and Ray Bradbury’s “A Sound of Thunder”, concepts like determinism, the butterfly effect and time tourism are introduced and analyzed. Less

• Keywords: Time travel; time slip; paradoxes; The Time Machine; “A Sound of Thunder”; the butterfly effect
• Language: english
• URN:NBN: urn:nbn:hr:131:875480
• Study programme: Title: English Language and Literature (single major); specializations in: TEFL, Linguistics, Literature and Culture, Translation; Course: Literature and Culture; Study programme type: university; Study level: graduate; Academic / professional title: magistar/magistra engleskog jezika i književnosti (magistar/magistra engleskog jezika i književnosti)
• Type of resource: Text
• File origin: Born digital
• Access conditions: Open access
• Created on: 2022-09-27 10:00:16