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PDF downloadable file: ISBN: 978-0-9808397-4-6 In this 40-page collection of notes, summaries, themes and characters, I also include a comprehensive set of notes, quotes, examples and comments that you can use to write six essays. These relate to the role of art, to meaning, to beauty, to fame, to memories, to narrative perspectives and to characters such as Arthur Leander, (fame); Kirsten and Tyler (similarities and differences).
“The search for meaning through time and space in a hostile world” by Dr Jennifer Minter
Part 1: A summary of the themes and characters
- The pre- and the post-pandemic worlds: a journey through time and space
- A “full-on epidemic” like a “neutron bomb”
- Survival and disaster: the hunters and the hunted
- A non-linear narrative: time bubbles and space warps
- “The light”: enlightenment through culture — not religion
- The Travelling Symphony
- The Role of Art: Shakespeare and the Travelling Symphony
- Art and culture provide a sense of meaning and control
- Francois Diallo and the New Petoskey News
- Religion: the prophet
- Memories, treasures, memory-making and trauma
- The Museum of Civilisation
- Fame and celebrity: stars and Arthur Leander
- The Station Eleven comic book “project”: Dr Eleven bridges and bubbles=
- Jeevan Chaudhary: Frank (old and young)
Part 2: Notes, examples, references to Mandel’s views and values for six essays
- Essay 1: How do various forms of art play a central role in Station Eleven
- Essay 2: Memories, distortions, memory-making objects and treasures
- Essay 3: Narrative strategies and perspectives, views and values
- Essay 4: The search for meaning, beauty, loss and emptiness
- Essay 5: Kirsten and Tyler are more similar than they are different.
- Essay 6: Stars, celebrity, fame and lifestyles
