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Rose, Mark, Ed. – 1976
The articles collected in this volume focus on the literary genre science fiction. Part one, "Backgrounds," includes "Starting Points" (Kingsley Amis), "Science Fiction and Literature" (Robert Conquest), and "The Roots of Science Fiction" (Robert Scholes). Part two, "Theory," contains "On the Poetics of the Science Fiction Genre" (Darko Suvin),…
Descriptors: Fiction, Futures (of Society), Higher Education, Literary Criticism
de Camp, L. Sprague; de Camp, Catherine C. – 1975
This book provides the general reader with an introduction to the field of imaginative fiction. The first two chapters describe the growth of science fiction from Aristophanes to Asimov and give the history of its parent literature, fantasy. The rest of the book affords the apprentice writer an overview of skills necessary for creating imaginative…
Descriptors: Creative Writing, Fantasy, Guidelines, Higher Education
Carlsen, G. Robert – 1980
This second revised edition of a guide to books for adolescents is designed for use by parents, teachers, and librarians and has been rewritten to reflect the most recent developments in education and society. New chapters discuss reading rights or censorship, drama, literature by and about women, and science fiction and fantasy. Other chapters…
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Adolescents, Books, Drama
Amelio, Ralph J. – 1974
The articles in this book provide political, social, sociological, psychological, sexual, mythical, literary, and filmic approaches to the study of science fiction film. "Journey into Science Fiction" by W. Johnson and "The Imagination of Disaster" by S. Sontag treat broadly the essentials of science fiction films. "For the Future: The Science…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Communications, Educational Media, English Instruction
Schmidt, Patricia Ruggiano, Ed.; Mosenthal, Peter B., Ed. – 2001
The 17 chapters in this collection of papers include: (1) "Frameworks for Understanding Multicultural Literacies" (Georgia Earnest Garcia and Arlette Ingram Sillis); (2) "Multicultural Belief: A Global or Domain-Specific Construct? An Analysis of Four Case Studies" (Jyotsna Pattnaik); (3) "Monocultural Literacy: The Power…
Descriptors: Black Culture, Blacks, Cultural Literacy, Cultural Pluralism
