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novum: a standalone construct

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Genre studies

the new element, invention or social change that departs from the reader's reality and drives a science fiction story, made plausible by rational logic.

In genre studies, novum refers to the new element, invention or social change that departs from the reader's reality and drives a science fiction story, made plausible by rational logic. This meaning comes from Suvin (1979) in Metamorphoses of science fiction.[1]

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References

Suvin, D. (1979). Metamorphoses of science fiction: On the poetics and history of a literary genre. Yale University Press. ISBN 9780300022506

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