Apocalyptic Empathy: A “Parable” of Postmodern Sentimentality Wanzo, Rebecca. “Apocalyptic Empathy: A ‘Parable’ of Postmodern Sentimentality.” Obsidian III, vol. 6/7, 2005, pp. 72–86. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/44511663. Accessed 22 Nov. 2022
The author Rebecca Wendy in this article talks about the similarities and the relationship between feelings and reality. She uses varieties of novel examples including Parables Of The Sower to show how politics and feeling can sometimes cause problems but be used to build a better empire. The author focuses on why the use of Science fiction “ gestures to the idea of waning or inaccessible affect and speculate that emotions will look different in future and be harder to access.” (page 75)
Guest Editors’ Introduction: Palimpsests in the Life and Work of Octavia E. Butler Bailey, Moya ; Jamieson, Ayana A H Bailey, M., & Jamieson, A. A. H. (2017). Guest editors’ introduction: Palimpsests in the life and work of Octavia E. butler. Palimpsest, 6(2), 225,V-XIII. Retrieved from http://proxy.wexler.hunter.cuny.edu/login?url=https://www.proquest.com/scholarly-journals/guest-editors-introduction-palimpsests-life-work/docview/2610114467/se-2
This article focuses on how the author is able to balance her life, her parents , and friends as well and trying to go on in life as if nothing is wrong. This goes directly with my paper because it shows how having hyper empathy is not something that will always be seen as positive and can take a toll on your body. The author also speaks on how the violence that was demonstrated in the book is still happening today which is why it’s even more important now to try and control the emotional part of life.
“A More Realistic View”: Reimagining Sympoietic Practice in Octavia Butler’s Parables. Stark, Doug. “‘A More Realistic View’: Reimagining Sympoietic Practice in Octavia Butler’s Parables.” Extrapolation, vol. 61, no. 1, spring 2020, pp. 151+. Gale Academic OneFile,link.gale.com/apps/doc/A624327073/AONE?u=cuny_hunter&sid=bookmark-AONE&xid=289fa979. Accessed 21 Nov. 2022.
This author talks about how the use of hyper empathy is used to create a path while uncovering all the hidden problems that have been faced. It breaks down how everyday experiences shape your world and how you see it. The author talks about the belief that everyone can come together to ease the great disaster that has evolved.
Parable of the Sower :Campbell, Loretta H. “Parable of the Sower.” Belles Lettres: A Review of Books by Women, vol. 10, no. 1, fall 1994, p. 86. Gale Academic OneFile, link.gale.com/apps/doc/A16462297/AONE?u=cuny_hunter&sid=bookmark-AONE&xid=cb1f395e. Accessed 21 Nov. 2022.
This article talks about how there are two groups that exist: wandering gangs that steal and kill to survive, and a respectable, hardworking population that lives off the land and in fortified camps. Lauren leaves for northern California after being the sole survivor of a gang attack on the neighborhood or complex where she and her family resided. In this book, Lauren serves as the moral compass as well as the narrator.Butler spends the entirety of Parable describing the atrocities of rape, torture, and murder as seen through Lauren’s extreme empathy. Even though Lauren wants to find a utopia, she first needs to address some of the issues that plagued the destroyed civilization.
On Compassion and the Sublime Black Body: Octavia E. Butler’s Parable of the Sower Johnson, Ikea M. “On Compassion and the Sublime Black Body: Octavia E. Butler’s Parable of the Sower.” Journal of Comparative Literature and Aesthetics, vol. 43, no. 2, summer 2020, pp. 92+. Gale Academic OneFilelink.gale.com/apps/doc/A643530335/AONE?u=cuny_hunter&sid=bookmark-AONE&xid=9cd4cd1b. Accessed 21 Nov. 2022.
This article talks about the hyper empathy used to show basic problems that are occurring such as black-Sublimation. It also talks about how there needs to be a balance between everything in order for anything to work. He also talks about how the Earthseed is “a theology of embodiment and interconnectivity.” He shows the impact of the bioenvironmental decay and social dealings among humans and what can happen in the next few years. I’m not completely sure how I’m going to use this for my personal essay but the author has made a few good points I can use.
