Synopsis
General Editors: Mick Short, Lancaster University Elena Semino, Lancaster UniversityThe focus of this new series is on the stylistic ysis of literary and non-literary texts, and the theoretical issues which such work raises. Textual Explorations includes books that cover studies of literary authors, genres and other groupings, stylistic studies of non-literary texts, translation study, the teaching of language and literature, the empirical study of literature, and corpus approaches to stylistics and literature study. Books in the series will centre on texts written in English.Readership of the series will be mainly undergraduate and postgraduate students, although advanced sixth formers will also find the books accessible. The series will be of partiar interest to those who study English language, English literature, text linguistics, discourse ysis,and communication studies. The Poetics of Science Fiction explores the language, narrative and poetic strategies of science fiction. Ranging across the genre from its pulp origins to its recent cross-media manifestations, the book uses the insights of modern linguistics, cognition and literary studies to demonstrate the micro-craft and textual impact of this most modern of all literary forms. Containing chapters on the detailed organisation of science fictional texts, as well as on the general effects of science fiction, the book presents careful ysis and far-reaching argument in an accessible and readable manner. The discussion is livened by 'explorations' that invite practical activities, and 'speations' that offer the reader thought-experiments around the main issues. Suggestions for further reading are also included in each chapter. The Poetics of Science Fiction offers a starting point for debates about fictionality and literature, contemporary and popular fiction, and the poetic value of this real literature of the twentieth century.
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