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del Pilar Blanco, María – Science & Education, 2014
This essay explores the career of the understudied writer Pedro Castera (1846-1906), who is regarded as one of the first practitioners of science fiction in Mexico. A man of many talents, Castera is one of the most eccentric and eclectic figures in the intellectual life of fin-de-siècle Mexico City. His career took many turns: While during…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Authors, Science Fiction, Intellectual Property
Zoreda, Margaret Lee – 2002
This paper describes an advanced English course at a Mexican university entitled, "Short Science Fiction Stories in English." The course is based on an ecological, co-emergent approach in which the various components of curriculum action are understood to exist in a dynamic and mutually specifying relationship. With this conceptual…
Descriptors: Advanced Courses, Cultural Awareness, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries