Science Fiction as a Manifestation of Culture in America

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摘要 Cultureisbroadlyviewedasallthehumanactivitiesthatdefineusasaspecies.″Sturgeon'sLaw″(that90%ofeverythingisinferior)isintroducedtodefendthestudyoffiction,andsciencefictioninparticular,inhighereducationasawayofunderstandingourselvesbetter,andperhapsimprovingtheworldthroughtheincreasedunderstandingoftomorrow'sleaders.Severalwaysofreadingparticularworksofsciencefictionareexamined,likeprovidinghistoricalcontextsforreaders,closereadingandstructuralanalysis,andapplicationoftheoriesbasedonparticularideologiesorfromotherdisciplinesinthesocialandpoliticalsciences(suchasfeministtheory,Marxisttheory,psychologicaltheory,etc.).Aconclusionisdrawnthatforliteraryanalysis,ahybridmethodology,onedevisedindividuallyforeachtext,worksbest.
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出处 《外国文学研究》 2005年6期
出版日期 2005年06月16日(中国期刊网平台首次上网日期,不代表论文的发表时间)
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