Author Archives: darkosuvin

SF AND THE GENOLOGICAL JUNGLE (1973, 7,700 words)

Posted on 2 January 1973 by darkosuvin

Thanks to the Greeks, we can distinguish tragedy from comedy in drama. […] When we come to deal with such forms as the masque, opera, movie, ballet, puppet-play, mystery-play, morality, corn-media dell’arte, and Zauberspiel, we find ourselves in the position … Continue reading →

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CRITICISM OF THE STRUGATSKY BROTHERS’ WORK (1972, 3,950 words)

Posted on 17 April 1972 by darkosuvin

First published in a much longer version in Canadian-American Slavic Studies 6.2: 286-307. , 1972 My original longish 1972 essay, to which the reader is respectfully referred, used a bibliography of 96 units of criticism for a survey of the … Continue reading →

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AGAINST COMMON SENSE: LEVELS OF SF CRITICISM (1972, 3,350 words)

Posted on 7 April 1972 by darkosuvin

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 5

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RUSSIAN SCIENCE FICTION LITERATURE AND CRITICISM 1956 – 1970: A BIBLIOGRAPHY [see now RUSSIAN SCIENCE FICTION 1956 – 1974: A BIBLIOGRAPHY (1976, 17.150 words)]

Posted on 29 May 1971 by darkosuvin
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REFLECTIONS ON HAPPENINGS + APPENDIX: HAPPENINGS: AN EXCHANGE BETWEEN LEE BAXANDALL AND DARKO SUVIN (1970, 13,200 words)

Posted on 30 August 1970 by darkosuvin
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THE SF NOVEL IN 1969 (1970, 3,715 words)

Posted on 7 April 1970 by darkosuvin

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 4

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POLITICS, PERFORMANCE AND THE ORGANISATIONAL MEDIATION: THE PARIS COMMUNE THEATRE LAW (1969, 10,350 words)

Posted on 30 August 1969 by darkosuvin
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SIGNIFICANT THEMES IN SOVIET CRITICISM OF SCIENCE FICTION TO 1965 (1969, 2,875 words)

Posted on 18 March 1969 by darkosuvin

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 3.

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THE MOON AS A MIRROR TO MAN; OR, LESSONS OF SELENOGRAPHY (1969, 2,760 words)

Posted on 18 March 1969 by darkosuvin

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 2.

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BECKETT’S PURGATORY OF THE INDIVIDUAL, OR THE THREE LAWS OF THERMODYNAMICS (1967, 7,250 words)

Posted on 30 August 1967 by darkosuvin
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