Science fiction : its criticism and teaching / / Patrick Parrinder
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| Autore: |
Parrinder Patrick
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| Titolo: |
Science fiction : its criticism and teaching / / Patrick Parrinder
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| Pubblicazione: | London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2003 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (187 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 187 |
| Soggetto topico: | Science fiction, English - History and criticism |
| Science fiction, American - History and criticism | |
| Literature and science - English-speaking countries | |
| Science fiction - Study and teaching | |
| 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Science fiction |
| ISBN: | 1-136-49347-6 |
| 0-415-86915-3 | |
| 1-315-01596-X | |
| 1-136-49340-9 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910819574103321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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