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1. literariness.org › introduction-to-science-fictionIntroduction to Science Fiction – Literary Theory and Criticism

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   Jul 26, 2018 · Literary and cultural historians describe science fiction (SF) as the premiere narrative form of modernity because authors working in this genre extrapolate from Enlightenment ideals and industrial practices to imagine how educated people using machines and other technologies might radically change the material world.

2. literariness.org › 2018/02/22 › key-theories-ofKey Theories of Donna Haraway – Literary Theory and Criticism

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   Feb 22, 2018 · Donna Haraway (b.1944) has been concerned with deflating the uncritical acceptance of key oppositions, which have political implications, related to the domain of science, particularly to biology: human– animal, animal–machine, mind–body, male–female, fiction–reality, nature–culture, science–society.

3. academic.oup.com › book › 2527The Forms of the Text: Formalism, Modernism, and Beyond ...

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   The chapter presents a discussion of the different theories dealing with the forms of the text in an attempt to mediate the gap between intrinsic ‘form’ and extrinsic ‘reality’ and in an attempt to determine how a text accommodates and is accommodated by the pressures of both its historical context and the subsequent history of its ...

4. christopher-mckitterick.com › SF-LitCrit › SFCritical Approaches to Science Fiction - Christopher McKitterick

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   Oct 2, 2016 · When examining science fiction, you might need to adapt and hybridize some of these approaches in order to ask the most-relevant questions, particularly when studying core-genre works. Traditional Literary Criticism: includes Aesthetic, Biographical, Dramatic Constructionism, Moral, and Philosophical Criticism (ancient through present).

5. www.enotes.com › topics › science-fictionScience Fiction and Fantasy Literature Analysis - eNotes.com

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   Dive deep into Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature with extended analysis, commentary, and discussion

6. journals.sagepub.com › doi › 10Human Culture and Science Fiction: A Review of the Literature ...

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   Aug 3, 2017 · This article aimed to uncover the foci, themes, and findings of research literature that utilized science fiction content or concepts to describe and illustrate human culture. To capture a represen...

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   Why is science fiction considered a genre?

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   Introduction to Science Fiction – Literary Theory and Criticism

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   Is the diction of a textual critic 'parasitic'?

   • With the implications of speech-act theory, the diction of the textual critic is thus ‘parasitic’ in that the vocabulary of his or her lexical practice is always part of a quoted dialogue, always acted, always role-playing, and never the formalist ‘things as they really are’.

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   How do science fiction and fantasy authors choose a setting?

   • One of the most important choices Science Fiction and Fantasy authors make when creating stories is the setting. Because most Science Fiction and Fantasy works involve “rules” established through generations of other writers—such as Asimov’s famous “Three Laws of Robotics”—the choice of a setting can introduce potential constraints.

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   Can science fiction literature be used in research?

   • To capture a representative range of research, the PRISMA process was applied to database searches across a range of disciplines, not restricted to science fiction journals. Findings revealed that science fiction literature has been used in research across disciplines including theology, semantics, natural sciences, and education.

   Human Culture and Science Fiction: A Review of the Literature, 1980

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8. literariness.org › 2019/03/22 › science-fictionScience-Fiction Novels and Novelists – Literary Theory and ...

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   Mar 22, 2019 · There are, as might be expected, two conflicting traditions in science-fiction criticism. One of these traditions stresses the close alliance between science fiction and other kinds of fantasy, and values the genre for its venturesome qualities.