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3 sie 2017 · Science fiction is significant in studies of human culture as it is an ancient and enduring form of literature that has been part of what Brian Aldiss called our “cultural wallpaper” since the origins of recorded history (Aldiss & Wigmore, 1986, p. 14).
3 sie 2017 · This article aimed to uncover the foci, themes, and findings of research literature that utilized science fiction content or concepts to describe and illustrate human culture.
18 paź 2017 · Noah Berlasky explores how science fiction reflects society's anxiety, considering classic literature and films such as The War of the Worlds. If science fiction reflects our innermost fears, how do we see ourselves today?
CULTURAL NEGOTIATION IN SCIENCE FICTION LITERATURE AND FILM At a recent meeting of the Science Fiction Research Association, one longtime member was heard to announce that "We've won." Science fiction, once the eccentric hobby of a technologically-minded few, has become a major cultural force. Its imagery permeates the popular media.
26 lip 2018 · Literary and cultural historians describe science fiction (SF) as the premiere narrative form of modernity because authors working in this genre extrapolate from Enlightenment ideals and industrial practices to imagine how educated people using machines and other technologies might radically change the material world.
6 wrz 2017 · Science fiction is a cultural response to the revolutions in science and technology during the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. These altered the existing methods of industry and production, understandings of the universe and ourselves, and concepts of time and history.
2 paź 2014 · This chapter outlines the relationship between science and science fiction and explores how it has changed over the genre’s history. Although SF has been seen as a popularization of scientific culture, exchanges between the two are more complex and dialectical.
