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04/26/2003 Archived Entry: "Fantasy-theme analysis"

I have to admit [hangs head in shame], I almost don't want to use Fantasy-Theme Analysis as a formal research methodology because of its cheesy name. Something about explaining my thesis involves a fantasy-theme analysis of online game mods makes me think I should follow it up with a little Vulcan gesture or something...no? Does Christine Boese's doctoral dissertation on the Xenaverse help or hinder my case (actually, its very good). Anyway, FTA's generally used to explore the shared world views of a group of rhetors (like, perhaps, people who create artifacts in game communities), so I can't argue against the match. Actually, its quite nice to have a framework to work from, I don't know how far I'd get arguing "because I say so" (even if I do it here all the time).