Teaching Science Fiction

By: Andy Sawyer (Editor), Peter Wright (Editor)

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Hardcover | 24 March 2011 | Edition Number 1

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The importance of science fiction to undergraduate literary studies cannot be underestimated. Its capacity to challenge students' social, political and cultural perspectives makes it invaluable in highlighting the contingent nature of contemporary society and the potential for change. Teaching Science Fiction is the first book in thirty years to address how science fiction might be taught to this effect. It presents comprehensive treatments of the major phases in the development of the genre including the scientific romance, Golden Age science fiction, the New Wave and science fiction's engagement with the postmodern. The book identifies and explores innovative teaching strategies which will both engage and challenge students whilst providing practical advice on how an sf course can be designed, delivered and evaluated. Sample syllabuses, a detailed chronology, a compact history of the genre and an extensive bibliography make this an invaluable guide for anyone teaching, or considering teaching, science fiction at undergraduate level.

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"a provocative, up-to-date guide to the full range of modern science fiction and the challenges it presents to students and teachers. - Patrick Parrinder, Emeritus Professor of English, University of Reading, UK

'Teaching Science Fiction not only effectively explores what it means to teach sf but also actually teaches the genre to its readers...Teaching Science Fiction is an essential addition to the bookshelves of current or prospective teachers of sf. Its contributors provide the insight that can be found in a teaching narrative, while not losing sight of the critical role of context in making pedagogical decisions. They provide rationales for their course constructino and explain the results achieved. Interestingly, the book is perhaps just as useful to beginning sf scholars, whether or not they intend to teach the genre, as the chapters provide succinct and readable introductions to many iof the critical aspects of the contemporary study of science fiction' - Craig B. Jacobsen, Science Fiction Studies

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Non-Fiction Literature, Poetry & Plays History & Criticism of Literature Literary Studies of Fiction Education Teaching of a Specific Subject Miscellaneous Items Higher & Further Education Universities Literary Theory Teacher Training

Notes on Contributors
Why Teach Science Fiction?
A Short History of Science Fiction
Theorising Science Fiction
Teaching Utopia, Anti-Utopia and Science Fiction
Teaching Pulp Science Fiction
Teaching Golden Age Science Fiction
Teaching the New Wave
Teaching Postmodern Science Fiction
Teaching Gender and Science Fiction
Teaching Postcolonial Science Fiction
Teaching Latin American Science Fiction: A Case Study
Science Fiction and Curriculum Design
Further Reading
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