Collision of Realities: Establishing Research on the Fantastic in Europe

Published by De Gruyter 2012

Collision of Realities

Establishing Research on the Fantastic in Europe

Edited by: Lars Schmeink and Astrid Böger

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110276718

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Even though the fantastic (in its most inclusive definition) has been a part of our culture for as long as it exists, it has not been a prominent feature of European academic interest. With its inherent transgressive moment the fantastic allows for an ideal space of the cultural negotiation of political, social and physical boundaries, which should place it at the center of popular cultural research, not as is the case, at its periphery. But the commencing boom of fantastic themes in contemporary media production has facilitated a paradigmatic change in research, prompting a wide interest in the fantastic in all its forms, from fantasy to horror, from fairy tale to science fiction.

This volume addresses this growing interest by reviewing the status of research on the fantastic in Europe so far and by providing a necessary outlook for the future. In the essays current trends, such as the liminality debate, as well as established discourses, as for example on genre theory, are brought together to show interested researchers a network of interdisciplinary (from literary, media and social studies) approaches towards the fantastic.

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Lars Schmeink and Astrid Böger, University of Hamburg, Germany.

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Preface LARS SCHMEINK, ASTRID BÖGER and HANS-HARALD MÜLLER Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
THE FANTASTIC – THEORY AND HISTORY
The Art and Science of Heterocosmic Creativity BRIAN STABLEFORD Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	7
“It’s not what you see – it’s how you see what you see” The Fantastic as an Epistemological Concept JAN CHRISTOPH MEISTER Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	21
The Nightmares of Politicians On the Rise of Fantasy Literature from Subcultural to Mass-cultural Phenomenon RENÉ SCHALLEGGER Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	29
Fantastic Liminality A Theory Sketch CLEMENS RUTHNER Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	49
VISUALIZING THE FANTASTIC IN OUR CULTURE
Fantastic Language/Political Reporting The Postcolonial SF Illocutionary Force is with us MARLEEN S. BARR Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	67
Visualising the Fantastic in Strange Embrace MARKUS OPPOLZER Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	85
Love your Zombie Romancing the Undead CHRISTIAN LENZ Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	103
God Hates Fangs? Morality, Ideology, and the Domesticated Vampire in American Culture SIMONE KNEWITZ Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	119
The Semiotics of Sexual Transformation Ursula and Ariel as Representations of Metamorphosis in The Little Mermaid PAUL BEEHLER Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	139
FANTASTIC GENRES: FANTASY
Taking a Zebra to Vegas Allegorical Reality in the Percy Jackson & the Olympians Series LILY GLASNER Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	155
“Real adventures weren’t about Hogwarts and Muggles” Intertextual References in Amanda Hemingway’s Sangreal-Trilogy ANNE KLAUS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	175
On Alien Alders The “Erl-King” Inspirations in Andrzej Sapkowski’s Witcher Saga JUSTYNA DESZCZ-TRYHUBCZAK and AGATA ZARZYCKA Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	187
“It’s magical!” Supernatural Elements in Children’s Literature and Young Adults’ Fiction KARIN KOKORSKI Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	205
Story Matters Story and its Concept in Tolkien and Pratchett MARGARIDA MCMURRY Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	219
Grimmerie and Primer Wicked and Diamond Age as Instructional Texts WALLACE T. CLEAVES Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	233
FANTASTIC GENRES: SCIENCE FICTION
The Haunted House of Science Fiction Modern Ghosts, Crypts, and Technologies MINWEN HUANG Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	251
Difference and Resistance in M.T. Anderson’s Feed JACOBO CANADY Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	271
Disharmony and Dystopia Music in Classic Dystopian Fiction ALLAN WEISS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	285
Facing the End of the World Margaret Atwood’s Post-apocalyptic Science Fiction ARIANNA CASALI Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	295
Is the Scientist Still Mad? Renegotiations of a Cultural Stereotype in New Hard Science Fiction SARAH HERBE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	311
Utopian, Dystopian and Subversive Strategies in Recent German Alternate History Fictions INGO CORNILS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	325
CONFERENCE THEME STORY
A Pocketful of Faces PAUL DI FILIPPO Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	341
Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	359

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Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: Academics, Institutes, Libraries
Pages
- Front matter: 8
- Main content: 364
Keywords: Fantasy; Science Fiction

eBook

Published: May 29, 2012
ISBN: 9783110276718

Hardcover

Published: May 18, 2012
ISBN: 9783110276541