Critical Theory and Science Fiction by Carl Howard Freedman

Aliens and Linguists?: Language Study and Science Fiction. Understanding Comics?: the Invisible Art. Language in Science Fiction and Fantasy: The Question of Style.

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003. The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction. Hanover: Wesleyan University Press, 2000. Middletown, Conn.: Wesleyan University Press, 2009. The Jewel-hinged Jaw Notes on the Language of Science Fiction. Linguistics and Languages in Science Fiction-fantasy. The Fantasy Tradition in American Literature: From Irving to Le Guin. From Elvish to Klingon: Exploring Invented Languages. invented languages, Alien Languages and Future Englishes). Our research interests here lie not only in the narratives themselves but also in the relation between Speculative Fiction and Constructed Languages (e.g. This particular sub-set of genre fiction typically includes science fiction, fantasy, supernatural, horror, Utopian and Dystopian fiction. According to creative writing professor Robert McKee, Genre Fiction follows certain conventions such as the “specific settings, roles, events, and values that define individual genres and their subgenres.” These conventions are not a fixed set of features but rather they are always being negotiated and reassessed it is also important to note that fictional works often fit into multiple genres by borrowing and recombining these conventions.Typical examples of Genre Fiction would be Action-adventure, Crime, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery or Detective, Romance, Science fiction and Western.īecause of the specific research interests of the group, our work here is very much focused on so-called speculative fiction, which is a catch-all term to describe a number of genres that all have as a central feature some departure from the world as we perceive it. The term Genre Fiction in our context is the type of literary work which is often called Popular Fiction, and, if one were to make a crass distinction between high and low culture, Genre Fiction would typically be contrasted with so-called Literary Fiction.

Critical Theory and Science Fiction by Carl Howard Freedman