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Enabling a Speculative EcoGothic? Blood Moss, an Original Novella and a Critical Reflection
Thesis (MA)--Stellenbosch University, 2026.
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| spelling | oai:scholar.sun.ac.za:10019.1/136004 Enabling a Speculative EcoGothic? Blood Moss, an Original Novella and a Critical Reflection Gammon, Hana Nel Murray, Sally-Ann Stellenbosch University. Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. Dept. of English Studies. Thesis (MA)--Stellenbosch University, 2026. Gammon, H. N. 2026. Enabling a Speculative EcoGothic? Blood Moss, an Original Novella and a Critical Reflection. Unpublished masters thesis. Stellenbosch: Stellenbosch University [online]. Available: https://scholar.sun.ac.za/items/c25ab540-36fa-40a2-a170-77d979bf8753 Blood Moss, an original novella, is influenced by thinking around speculative fiction, the eco/Gothic, and disability studies. The narrative follows a young woman who encounters a strange cultlike group in the forest outside her hometown, while she is investigating the disappearance of her sickly friend. The cult, Deus Ex Machina, is obsessed with creating a being envisaged as an expression of ideal humanity, unlimited by human imperfections and irrationalities. This narrative is set in relation to excerpts from the personal notebooks of Prof. Ngceni, a scientist whose research team is documenting field experiments in the same forest, leading him to hypothesise that the forest is sentient and agentive. Beyond mere setting, the forest emerges as a vital character in the novella, influencing my treatment of narrative structure. In addition to the novella, my project has a critical component in which I discuss Blood Moss in relation to a strategic selection of texts, both creative and scholarly, contemporary and historical. Masters 2026-04-17T10:29:26Z 2026-04-17T10:29:26Z 2026-03 Thesis https://scholar.sun.ac.za/handle/10019.1/136004 en Stellenbosch University 92 pages application/pdf Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University |
| spellingShingle | Gammon, Hana Nel Enabling a Speculative EcoGothic? Blood Moss, an Original Novella and a Critical Reflection |
| title | Enabling a Speculative EcoGothic? Blood Moss, an Original Novella and a Critical Reflection |
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| title_short | Enabling a Speculative EcoGothic? Blood Moss, an Original Novella and a Critical Reflection |
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