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Record Nr.

UNINA9910819574103321

Autore

Parrinder Patrick

Titolo

Science fiction : its criticism and teaching / / Patrick Parrinder

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2003

ISBN

1-136-49347-6

0-415-86915-3

1-315-01596-X

1-136-49340-9

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (187 p.)

Collana

The new accents series

Disciplina

187

Soggetti

Science fiction, English - History and criticism

Science fiction, American - History and criticism

Literature and science - English-speaking countries

Science fiction - Study and teaching

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published 1980 by Routledge.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; General Editor's Preface; Acknowledgements; INTRODUCTION; The rise of science-fiction studies; Genre criticism; 1 WORKING DAYDREAMS, WORKSHOP DEFINITIONS; The scientific romance; Logical speculation: H.G. Wells; The fiction of the magazines; Extrapolation: Robert A. Heinlein; The 'New Wave'; Definition by structure; Generic hybrids; 2 THE SOCIOLOGY OF THE GENRE; SF as product; SF as message: readership and 'fandomSF as message: readership and 'fandom'; Modes of reading; SF as document: the 'thinking machine'

Literature and paraliterature3 SCIENCE FICTION AS ROMANCE; Contemporary mythology and the 'literature of wonder'; Functions and formulas; Domestication; Self-conscious romance; 4 SCIENCE FICTION AS FABLE; Social criticism; Cognitive estrangement; Utopia and scientific materialism; Galactic imperialism; Liberation and power; 5 SCIENCE FICTION AS EPIC; SF and the historical novel; Truncated epic; Scientific anticipation; The future histories; 6 IMITATION AND NOVELTY: AN APPROACH THROUGH SF LANGUAGE; Authenticity and the literary



hoax; The language of novelty; The absent signified

Intertextuality and parodyEntropy and disintegration; Romance, fable, epic and parody: Lem's Solaris; 7 THE SCIENCE-FICTION COURSE; The 'two cultures' debate and the student revolution; Consolidation and canon-formation; The strange and the familiar; Notes; Select Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

First Published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.