Science Fiction from Quebec : A Postcolonial Study (Critical Explorations in Science Fiction and Fantasy)

Ransom, Amy J./ Palumbo, Donald E. (EDT)/ Sullivan III, C.W. (EDT)

McFarland & Co Inc（2009/05発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 275 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780786438242
• DDC分類 843.08762099

Full Description

This first book-length study of French-language science fiction from Canada provides an introduction to the subgenre known as "SFQ" (science fiction from Quebec). In addition, it offers in-depth analyses of SFQ sagas by Jacques Brossard, Esther Rochon, and Elisabeth Vonarburg. It demonstrates how these multivolume narratives of colonization and postcolonial societies exploit themes typical of postcolonial literatures, including the denunciation of oppressive colonial systems, the utopian hope for a better future, and the celebration of tolerant pluralistic societies. A bibliography of SFQ available in English translation is included.

Contents

Table of Contents

Preface and Acknowledgments     

INTRODUCTION. Articulations: Québec, Science Fiction, and the Postcolonial     

ONE. SFQ: History and Themes     

TWO. Alien Nations: Dominance and Oppression in the SFQ Saga     

THREE. Utopia and New World Myth in Québec's Science-Fiction Sagas     

FOUR. Logiques métisses: Hybridity and Transculturalism     

CONCLUSION     

Appendix: A Selected Bibliography of French-Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy in English      213

Chapter Notes     

Works Cited—Primary Sources     

Works Cited—Secondary Sources     

Index