Using Literary Theory to Read Games: Power, Ideology, and Repression in Atlus’ Growlanser: Heritage of War

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  • Johansen Quijano-Cruz Center of Multidisciplinary Studies / University of Puerto Rico

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https://doi.org/10.7557/23.5979

Abstract

This article argues that although many people state that literary theorists are attempting to take over the field of game studies, there has yet to be a real attempt to apply literary theory to a close reading of specific games. The article then proceeds to apply Althusser's and Foucault's ideas of power and state aparatuses to Growlanser: Heritage of War in an attempt to demonstrate that to find out the messages that games are proposing literary theory could be applied.

Author Biography

Johansen Quijano-Cruz, Center of Multidisciplinary Studies / University of Puerto Rico

Johansen Quijano-Cruz is a professor of English in the Center of Multidisciplinary Studies, Department of General Studies.

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Published

2008-09-21

How to Cite

Quijano-Cruz, J. (2008) “Using Literary Theory to Read Games: Power, Ideology, and Repression in Atlus’ Growlanser: Heritage of War”, Eludamos: Journal for Computer Game Culture, 2(2), pp. 161–168. doi: 10.7557/23.5979.

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