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Oct 9, 2020 · Researchers did not share a common theoretical background and, in the majority of cases, were not specialists in science fiction studies. The majority of papers did not provide any definitions of science fiction and this implies that “science fiction” was assumed to be universally comprehended without need for definition.
- Christopher Benjamin Menadue, Kristi Giselsson, David Guez
- 2020
Researchers did not share a common theoretical background and, in the majority of cases, were not specialists in science fiction stud-ies. The majority of papers did not provide any definitions of science fiction and this implies that “science fiction” was assumed to be universally comprehended without need for definition.
Feb 1, 2024 · Research about the emergence of science fiction mostly focuses on proximate How-questions, about the influence of technological culture on science fiction. Here, we focus on ultimate Why-questions, about the cognitive reasons underlying the appeal for science fiction.
On the basis of the common themes identified from the survey responses and a critique of existing genre models, we suggest the classical concept of techne may best describe the empirical essence of science fiction.
- Christopher Benjamin Menadue, Kristi Giselsson, David Guez
- 25 Nov 2020 08:09
- 2020
- 2158-2440
Oct 2, 2014 · Broadly speaking, for the first two decades of its existence most scholarly work on SF tended to take three forms: theoretical efforts at definition that established the historical compass of the genre and elicited a canon of major works (see, for example, Alkon and also Malmgren); formalist studies that traced important iconic or ideational fea...
Aug 3, 2017 · From a literary-critical perspective, Carl Freedman described science fiction as the most legitimate genre for academic study, placing it above all other forms of literature for its analytical potential (Freedman, 2000).
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Aug 3, 2017 · An unclear boundary between real science and science in the public imagination is problematic for research success, but the purposeful integration of fictional representations of science...
