Teaching Science Fiction
๐ Fiction
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Teaching Science Fiction
โ Scribed by Andy Sawyer, Peter Wright (eds.)
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan UK
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 294
- Series
- Teaching the New English
- Edition
- 1
- Category
- Library
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โฆ Synopsis
Teaching Science Fiction is the first text in thirty years to explore the pedagogic potential of that most intellectually stimulating and provocative form of popular literature: science fiction. Innovative and academically lively, it offers valuable insights into how SF can be taught historically, culturally and practically at university level.
โฆ Table of Contents
Front Matter....Pages i-xxvii
Introduction....Pages 1-20
Through Time and Space: A Brief History of Science Fiction....Pages 21-37
Theorizing Science Fiction: The Question of Terminology....Pages 38-54
Utopia, Anti-Utopia and Science Fiction....Pages 55-71
Teaching the Scientific Romance....Pages 72-85
Teaching Pulp Science Fiction....Pages 86-101
Good SF: Teaching the Golden Age as Cultural History....Pages 102-115
Teaching the New Wave....Pages 116-128
Postmodernism, Postmodernity and the Postmodern: Telling Local Stories at the End of Time....Pages 129-145
Teaching Gender and Science Fiction....Pages 146-161
Teaching Postcolonial Science Fiction....Pages 162-178
Teaching Latin American Science Fiction and Fantasy in English: A Case Study....Pages 179-201
Teaching Science and Science Fiction: A Case Study....Pages 202-218
Design, Delivery and Evaluation....Pages 219-246
Back Matter....Pages 247-266
โฆ Subjects
Teaching and Teacher Education; Twentieth-Century Literature; Literary Theory; Cultural Theory; Fiction; Arts Education
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