Naslov
Futuristic Worlds in Australian Aboriginal Fiction

Autori
Polak, Iva

Ostali urednici
Fritzsche, Sonja

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija knjige
Autorske knjige, monografija, znanstvena

Izdavač
Peter Lang

Grad
Oxford

Godina
2017

Stranica
271

ISBN
978-1-78707-200-8

Ključne riječi
Aboriginal fiction ; science fiction ; theory of the fantastic

Sažetak
The study focuses on the versatile theoretical corpus of the literature of the fantastic, on the one hand, and a vibrant corpus of Australian Aboriginal fiction that explores futurities, on the other. Primary interest is to discuss those Aboriginal works that boldly embark on constructing futuristic worlds and to offer a distinctive contribution to the relatively recent field of native writers’ science fiction. This literary corpus has entered the critical domain in the twenty-first century, often under the heading of postcolonial science fiction. Analysed corpus includes: Sam Watson’s The Kadaitcha Sung (1990), Eric Willmot’s Below the Line (1991), Archie Weller’s Land of the Golden Clouds (1998), Alexis Wright’s The Swan Book (2013) and Ellen van Neerven’s novella “Water” published in Heat and Light collection (2014). This is the first book-length study in English that brings these works together under the prefix of the vibrant field of contemporary SF theory.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Filologija

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