Science Fiction

ISBN-13: 9780230228146 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 192 str.

Brian Baker

Opis

This Guide summarises the main critical trends and developments surrounding the popular genre of science fiction. Brian Baker reviews the attempts to formulate a critical history, connects the major developments with the rise of theoretical paradigms such as feminism and postmodernism, and introduces key critical texts and major critics.

Spis treści

Introduction .- 1. Definitions .- 2. A History of the Histories.- 3. Science Fiction Writers on Science Fiction .- 4. The British Tradition.- 5. The US Tradition .- 6. Utopias and Dystopias .- 7. Feminism, Science Fiction and Cyberpunk.- 8. Science Fiction and Cinema.- Conclusion .- Notes .- Bibliography .- Index.

O autorze

Brian Baker is Lecturer in English at Lancaster University, UK. He is the author of Masculinities in Fiction and Film and co-author of Literature and Science: Social Impact and Interaction.