Date of Award
3-2026
Culminating Project Type
Creative Work
Styleguide
mla
Degree Name
English: M.A.
Department
English
College
College of Liberal Arts
First Advisor
Sarah Green
Second Advisor
Monica Pelaez
Third Advisor
Maria Mikolchak
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License.
Keywords and Subject Headings
English, Fiction, Creative, Novel, Sci-Fi
Abstract
This thesis provides an interpretation of what it means for a text to be “science fiction,” and provides a definition made up of three key aspects: the imagination of a possible reality, the prediction of technological consequences, and the inclusion of a human moral. The text of the thesis then seeks to critique religious institutions as a technology. The story explores the complicated and painful process of losing one’s religion, and provides kinship to the faithless and a challenge to the faithful.
Recommended Citation
Gaffy, James T., "A Darkling Plane" (2026). Culminating Projects in English. 73.
https://repository.stcloudstate.edu/eng_etds/73
