The War of the Worlds Research Papers (original) (raw)

With the closing of the 19th century and the start of the 20th, the development of the world was improving. In particular, world literature was shifting from Romanticism to Realism. At the beginning of this era, we can see The War of the... more

With the closing of the 19th century and the start of the 20th, the development of the world was improving. In particular, world literature was shifting from Romanticism to Realism. At the beginning of this era, we can see The War of the Worlds, which is written by H.G. Wells is one of the best examples of this. It is a different work that can be analysed as an

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H.G. Wells’ The War of the Worlds has been adapted many times into different media. Film adaptations of the book have seen a resurgence in the past decades, which coincides with new astrophysical discoveries and continued (perceived)... more

H.G. Wells’ The War of the Worlds has been adapted many times into different media. Film adaptations of the book have seen a resurgence in the past decades, which coincides with new astrophysical discoveries and continued (perceived) threats to America. While the renewed fascination with space began well before the new millennium, thanks to exploration of Mars and the discovery of extrasolar planets, fuelling new adaptations of Wells’ work, the heightened fear of terrorism after 9/11 has coloured these adaptations, projecting renewed fears of the Other onto these later films. The aim of my research is to answer the following question: how do Independence Day (1996) and Steven Spielberg’s War of the Worlds (2005) react to and expand on H.G. Wells’ The War of the Worlds, and how do these adaptations explore fears of epidemics, terrorism and invasion? I will attempt to answer these questions by comparing and contrasting two recent films with the book, and finding parallels with current-day events in America.

PRACA LICENCJACKA Promotor: dr Marcin Fatalski Praca poświęcona jest twórczości radiowej Orsona Wellesa. Temat został zbadany z perspektywy rozwoju gatunku jakim jest teatr radiowy oraz historii i wpływu radia na społeczeństwo.... more

For many years, Earth underwent several Martian invasions. Such attacks, devastating and terrific, had occurred in electronic books, movies, magazines, comics, games and on the radio. However, many of the represented Martian invasions... more

For many years, Earth underwent several Martian invasions. Such attacks, devastating and terrific, had occurred in electronic books, movies, magazines, comics, games and on the radio. However, many of the represented Martian invasions around of the world are deeply connected, or rather, they have been inspired on The War of the Worlds, written by H.G. Wells and published in England in 1898. On the basis of some representations exhibited in Portugal and Brazil, we shall discuss the origins and the transcodings of a fiction workmanship and inquire how we can identify the rewriting and their association of ideas within different contexts of the 20th century with regard to popular imaginary.

When witnesses on the scene of the 11 September 2001 attacks in Manhattan stated that the event had seemed “like a movie,” Roland Emmerich’s 1996 blockbuster "Independence Day" was among the most frequently mentioned films. The perceived... more

When witnesses on the scene of the 11 September 2001 attacks in Manhattan stated that the event had seemed “like a movie,” Roland Emmerich’s 1996 blockbuster "Independence Day" was among the most frequently mentioned films. The perceived analogy between the incidents of 9/11 and the alien invasion genre not only concerned the affected targets – American landmark buildings – but also the perpetrators, whose radical alterity was strongly emphasized in official discourse. The cinematic analogy soon extended to the domain of real politics: traces of science fiction may be detected in the very concept of the “alien terrorist” itself. Against this background, it is striking that one of the first high-budget Hollywood productions that was explicitly marketed as a 9/11-related film chose the alien invasion genre to reflect the anxieties of present-day America: Steven Spielberg’s "War of the Worlds" (2005) uses the figure of the sub-human invader as an allegorical substitute for real-life threats and foes, thereby shifting the focus away from both the actual perpetrators and the complex political prehistory of the attacks. When seen within the framework of alien invasion, the attacks remain as incomprehensible as their “alien” perpetrators.

H.G. Wells’ The War of the Worlds has been adapted many times into different media. Film adaptations of the book have seen a resurgence in the past decades, which coincides with new astrophysical discoveries and continued (perceived)... more

H.G. Wells’ The War of the Worlds has been adapted many times into different media. Film adaptations of the book have seen a resurgence in the past decades, which coincides with new astrophysical discoveries and continued (perceived) threats to America. While the renewed fascination with space began well before the new millennium, thanks to exploration of Mars and the discovery of extrasolar planets, fuelling new adaptations of Wells’ work, the heightened fear of terrorism after 9/11 has coloured these adaptations, projecting renewed fears of the Other onto these later films. The aim of my research is to answer the following question: how do Independence Day (1996) and Steven Spielberg’s War of the Worlds (2005) react to and expand on H.G. Wells’ The War of the Worlds, and how do these adaptations explore fears of epidemics, terrorism and invasion? I will attempt to answer these questions by comparing and contrasting two recent films with the book, and finding parallels with current-day events in America.

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This play was done over the radio in a way that leads the audience to believe it is a news report. The plot revolves around a news reporter telling listeners that Observatories across the country are on watch for the planet Mars, as rocks... more

This play was done over the radio in a way that leads the audience to believe it is a news report. The plot revolves around a news reporter telling listeners that Observatories across the country are on watch for the planet Mars, as rocks are falling from the sky that are invading earth was currently in progress. In between the words spoken about the events, they play music like a regular radio show. The program continued to " interview' specific observatory scientists in order to get the full idea of what was happening. To continue, then the objects falling are determined to be aliens, destroying Grover's Mill New Jersey. After this, an entire scene is done about the deaths of 7,000 military officers that are " killed " by the aliens. After all this hype, it moves further until there is destruction all over, eventually leading to a conversation between two men in the last third of the program about their thoughts on the attack and what they will do next to survive. The program was giving specific times and dates and information for this event, even claiming specific military official's names and such, allowing it to appear even more real. After learning more history behind the podcast, it was learned that this was performed near Halloween tactfully to make it an even more fearful experience. Thirty-two million people listened in, many in fear of its truthful feeling. It was reported that some individuals didn't even go to work the next day in fear of the truth, that aliens had taken over America. After the hype had died down, the creator was interviewed, and he apologized for scaring so many people, reassuring that it was unintentional, and that he had no idea it would make people actually believe it was over. The biggest thing that America was upset by was the use of military names included in the program.