The Daily Bulletin

Tim Bryant, associate professor of English, presented “Identity and Role Confusion in Fantasy Roleplay Literature and Games” at the 121st annual conference of the Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association, held in Palm Springs, California, November 7–10. The paper applied Erik Erikson’s theory of psychosocial development to a reading of fantasy novels in which players get lost in the worlds of their games and an evaluation of how such literature engages the developmental goals and challenges of adolescence.