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science fiction: a standalone construct

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sciencefiction1 CONSTRUCTScience fictionSUVIN · GENRE STUDIES

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Genre studies

a genre resting on the interplay of estrangement and cognition, built on an imagined setting that differs from the author's real world.

In genre studies, science fiction refers to a genre resting on the interplay of estrangement and cognition, built on an imagined setting that differs from the author's real world. This meaning comes from Suvin (1979) in Metamorphoses of science fiction.[1]

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References

  1. 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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