Classical Traditions in Science FictionBrett M. Rogers, Benjamin Eldon Stevens Oxford University Press, 2015 - 380 Seiten For all its concern with change in the present and future, science fiction is deeply rooted in the past and, surprisingly, engages especially deeply with the ancient world. Indeed, both as an area in which the meaning of "classics" is actively transformed and as an open-ended set of texts whose own 'classic' status is a matter of ongoing debate, science fiction reveals much about the roles played by ancient classics in modern times. Classical Traditions in Science Fiction is the first collection in English dedicated to the study of science fiction as a site of classical receptions, offering a much-needed mapping of that important cultural and intellectual terrain. This volume discusses a wide variety of representative examples from both classical antiquity and the past four hundred years of science fiction, beginning with science fiction's "rosy-fingered dawn" and moving toward the other-worldly literature of the present day. As it makes its way through the eras of science fiction, Classical Traditions in Science Fiction exposes the many levels on which science fiction engages the ideas of the ancient world, from minute matters of language and structure to the larger thematic and philosophical concerns. |
Inhalt
The Past Is an Undiscovered Country | 1 |
Part I SFs RosyFingered Dawn | 25 |
Part II SF Classics | 121 |
Part III Classics in Space | 197 |
Part IV Ancient Classics for a Future Generation? | 261 |
Suggestions for Further Reading and Viewing | 327 |
Works Cited | 339 |
371 | |
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Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
Achilles Adonais Aeneas Alien allusion Altaira ancient androids Apollo argues Athena audience Auriga Axel Axel’s Blade Runner Canticle Capitol chapter characters classical antiquity classical myths classical receptions classical tradition classics and SF cognitive Colonial contemporary critical culture Cylons death discussion Dune dystopias Earth epic epiphany episode Erichtho ethical exploration fantastic film Forbidden Planet Frankenstein future genre gigantomachy gods Greek Hephaestus Herbert’s hero Hesiod Hickman Hockenberry Homer human humanity’s Hunger Games hybrid Iliad Ilium important influence Journey ch Journey’s Katniss Kepler’s Krell Latin literary Lucian Lucretius lunar Mary Shelley’s Miller’s modern SF moon moral Morbius Morbius’s Mourns for Adonais mythic narrative narrator novel Odyssey Oedipus past Pax Romana Platonians Plutarch poem Prime Directive Prometheus readers reference replicants Ripley Roman Empire Rome science fiction scientific Shelley Shelley’s Somnium Star Trek story suggests Suvin tion True History underworld Verne Verne’s Virgil voyage Wells’s