The Role of Science Fiction : Asimov & Vonnegut - A Comparison.
Title:
The Role of Science Fiction : Asimov & Vonnegut - A Comparison.
Author:
Weißhampel, Stefan.
ISBN:
9783836610063
Personal Author:
Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (102 pages)
Series:
Diplomica
Contents:
The Role of Science Fiction -- Acknowledgement -- Abstracts -- Table of Contents -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Towards a Definition of Science Fiction -- 2.1 Science Fiction and its Criticism: A Historical Overview -- 2.2 Defining Features/Features of Definitions -- 2.2.1 A Scientific Fiction? -- 2.2.2 Science Fiction & Scientific Romanticism -- 2.2.3 Science Fiction and Epoch -- 2.2.4 The Science Fiction Mode -- 2.3 Consequences for the Discussion -- 3 Science Fiction: Implications & Effects -- 3.1 Vonnegut and Asimov as Science Fiction Writers -- 3.2 The Space Opera -- 3.3 Sciences and Science Fiction -- 3.4 The Novum: Fiction as a 'What-If' Game -- 3.5 Progress -- 4 Non Science Fiction Motifs in Science Fiction -- 4.1 Religion & Myth: Comforting Concepts vs. Handicaps of Progress -- 4.2 Free Will and Determinism: How Much is There to Decide? -- 5 Postmodern Science Fiction -- 6 Resumé -- 7 References.
Abstract:
In "The role of Science Fiction in selected works of Isaac Asimov and Kurt Vonnegut" the author elaborates upon important similarities and differences between the use of science fiction motives in selected works of Isaac Asimov and Kurt Vonnegut. The analysis includes Asimov's Foundation and Robots and Empire and Vonnegut's Sirens of Titan and Galapagos. Biographische Informationen Stefan Weißhampel, Studium der Anglistik und der Geschichte an der Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg. Abschluss 2008 mit 1. Staatsexamen (Prädikat: mit Auszeichnung).
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
Genre:
Electronic Access:
Click to View