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[WITH CHARLES ELKINS] ON TEACHING SF CRITICALLY (1979-88, 4,200 words)

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UTOPIA IN THE ASIAN EIGHTIES: FIVE SONGLETS (1983-89, 800 words)

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.ch25

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FOR A SOCIAL THEORY OF SCIENCE FICTION: PROGRAMMATIC REFLECTIONS (1977-88, 9,140 words)

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 12

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PREFACE TO THE JAPANESE EDITION OF “METAMORPHOSES OF SCIENCE FICTION” (1987, 2,700 words)

PREFACE TO THE JAPANESE EDITION OF “METAMORPHOSES OF SCIENCE FICTION” (1987) Darko Suvin 1. This book was first conceived and worked upon in Yugoslavia in the 1950s and 60s; it was written in its present form in North America and … Continue reading

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THE SCIENCE-FICTION NOVEL AS EPIC NARRATION: FOR A FUSION OF ‘FORMAL’ AND ‘SOCIOLOGICAL’ ANALYSIS (1980-1985, 5,530 words)

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.ch19

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PLAYFUL COGNIZING, OR TECHNICAL ERRORS IN HARMONYVILLE: THE SF OF JOHANNA AND GÜNTER BRAUN (1981 AND 1987, 3,870 words)

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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SCIENCE FICTION: METAPHOR, PARABLE, AND CHRONOTOPE (WITH THE BAD CONSCIENCE OF REAGANISM) (1984, 12,120 words)

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.ch22

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NARRATIVE LOGIC, IDEOLOGICAL DOMINATION, AND THE RANGE OF SCIENCE FICTION: A HYPOTHESIS WITH A TEST CASE (1982, 8,370 words)

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.ch21

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A DISCUSSION OF STANISŁAW LEM’S SF RADIO-DRAMA DO YOU EXIST MR. JOHNS? (1982, 1,390 words)

A DISCUSSION OF STANISŁAW LEM’S SF RADIO-DRAMA DO YOU EXIST MR. JOHNS? (1982)

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[REVIEW ARTICLE] NO-THEATER: SZENE UND DRAMATURGIE, VOLKS- UND VÖLKERKUNDLICHE HINTERGRUNDE (1991)

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