Date of Award
5-2017
Degree Type
Thesis
Department
Anthropology
Director of Thesis
Dr. Susan Vanderborg
First Reader
Dr. Michael McCall
Second Reader
Dr. Michael McCall
Abstract
From 1983 to 2015, Sir Terry Pratchett wrote a series of forty-one novels, several short stories, and companion works set on the Discworld. The Discworld is a flat world that rides through space on the backs of four giant elephants that stand themselves on the back of the Great A’tuin, a world turtle. The Disc is based around the Hub, or central point, and the Rim, or the circumference of the world. There is a waterfall all around the Rim of the world that falls into space itself. The Hub compares to the Earth’s poles in that it is the central part of the Disc, made up of the Ramtop Mountain chain. The Ramptops are home to numerous small kingdoms that rest mainly on the flat plateaus between mountains, including the kingdom of Lancre.
First Page
1
Last Page
40
Recommended Citation
Rogers, Morgan, "A Social Study of Discworld Autonomy" (2017). Senior Theses. 215.
https://scholarcommons.sc.edu/senior_theses/215
Rights
© 2017, Morgan Rogers