Author Archives: darkosuvin

INTRODUCTION [to LESSONS OF  JAPAN]: ON JAPAN AS MIRAGE AND FEEDBACK, AND OTHER ALLEGORIES (1996, 5,430 words)

Posted on 13 June 1996 by darkosuvin
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THE SOUL AND THE SENSE: MEDITATIONS ON ROLAND BARTHES ON JAPAN (A PROPOS OF THE EMPIRE OF SIGNS) (1990-96, 16,200 words)

Posted on 28 May 1996 by darkosuvin

Darko Suvin                                                                                                (1990-96, 16,200 words)                   … Continue reading →

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DEITY VS. WARRIOR Nô PLAYS: REVELATION, NOT CONFLICT (1996, 9,340 words)

Posted on 20 May 1996 by darkosuvin

Darko Suvin                                                                             … Continue reading →

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ON COGNITIVE EMOTIONS AND TOPOLOGICAL IMAGINATION  (1995, 16,360 words)

Posted on 28 May 1995 by darkosuvin

Darko Suvin                                                                             … Continue reading →

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REVELATION VS. CONFLICT: DEITY VS. WARRIOR Nô PLAYS AND COMPARATIVE DRAMATURGY (1994, 16,200 words)

Posted on 30 September 1994 by darkosuvin
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ESSAY 2 [in Lessons of Japan]: AGAINST TRANSLATION-AND YET: SEESAWS, PIVOTS, AND PARENTHESES (TWO VOICES OF TRANSLATION DISCOURSE A PROPOS OF A HAIKU BY ISSA) (1993, 11,500 words)

Posted on 13 June 1993 by darkosuvin
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THE USE-VALUE OF DYING: MAGICAL VS. COGNITIVE UTOPIAN DESIRE IN THE”LEARNING PLAYS” OF PSEUDO-ZENCHIKU, WALEY, AND BRECHT (1991, 19,350 words)

Posted on 27 April 1993 by darkosuvin
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THINKING WORLDS OF A LIMINAL SHINTOIST CYBERMARXIST: FIVE INTERVIEWS (1987-95, 27,300 words)

Posted on 12 April 1993 by darkosuvin

 SF and Theatre  Interview with Yamada Kazuko (1987)  SF and History, Cyberpunk, Russia…  Interview with Horst Pukallus (1989)  SF — Literature, Movies, Theatre, Polytheism  Interview with Liao Chao-yang  (1994)  An Interview with Takayuki Tatsumi  (1984)  ’I Have No Soul and … Continue reading →

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SCIENCE FICTION: A BASIC SKETCH (1987-94, 4,270 words)

Posted on 12 April 1993 by darkosuvin

SCIENCE FICTION: A BASIC SKETCH (1987-94) D. Suvin, Parables of Freedom and Narrative Logics: Positions and Presuppositions in Science Fiction and Utopianism, 2 Vols. Ed. Eric D. Smith. Oxford: P. Lang, 2021.

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THREE WORLD PARADIGMS FOR SF: ASIMOV, YEFREMOV, LEM (1979-93, 6,700 words)

Posted on 12 April 1993 by darkosuvin

THREE WORLD PARADIGMS FOR SF: ASIMOV, YEFREMOV, LEM (1979-93) D. Suvin, Parables of Freedom and Narrative Logics: Positions and Presuppositions in Science Fiction and Utopianism, 2 Vols. Ed. Eric D. Smith. Oxford: P. Lang, 2021.chapter 15

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