Category Archives: 6. NARRATIVE THEORY

ORWELL AND 1984 TODAY: GENIUS AND TUNNEL VISION (2019, 14,500 words)

Posted on 28 May 2019 by darkosuvin

Orwell, as he himself said, came from a lower, professional service fraction of the English and imperial ruling class that was “simultaneously dominator and dominated” (R. Williams), so that a combination of State and monopoly power became his major nightmare. … Continue reading →

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“EXCELSIOR,” OR ON THE HORIZONS OF PARODY: SYNCHRONIC AIM AND REFERENCE (2012, 6,000 words)

Posted on 25 May 2012 by darkosuvin

Darko Suvin … Continue reading →

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TO LAPUTA AND BACK (2003-04, 9,840 words)

Posted on 25 May 2004 by darkosuvin

The article is divided into three parts. Part 1, Entering Laputa in the Winter of Our Discontent, deals with general presuppositions, including those on intellectuals in Post-Fordism and as members of de facto English Departments. Part 2, Visiting the Word-Machine, … Continue reading →

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ROMANCE STUDIES IN GERMANY AND WERNER KRAUSS (2002, 7,300 words)

Posted on 1 July 2002 by darkosuvin

The relations of Romance Studies and Nazism are discussed on the basis of new publications. The second part discusses the career of Werner Krauss, an unjustly neglected scholar.

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AGAINST ORIGINALS: HONKADORI AND THE HORIZONS OF PASTICHE (1993-97, 8,220 words)

Posted on 25 May 1997 by darkosuvin

A Preliminary Reflection on Pastiche (As Well As Parody); On Japanese honkadori as Catalysis; Some Conclusions: On Originality

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

Posted on 9 April 1993 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.ch19

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

Posted on 9 April 1993 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.ch22

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LUKÁCS: HORIZONS AND IMPLICATIONS OF THE “TYPICAL CHARACTER” (1986, 12,700 words)

Posted on 29 May 1986 by darkosuvin

A reconsideration of Lukàcs on agents (type) in literature as an instance of his horizons. Sections. On Narrative Agents,The Two Overviews of the Novel, Balzac and French Realism, Lukács’s Teleology, An Assessment.

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THE COGNITIVE COMMODITY: FICTIONAL DISCOURSE AS NOVELTY AND CIRCULATION (1986, 7,150 words)

Posted on 28 May 1986 by darkosuvin

Anthropology of creativity in capitalism on the traces of Marx and Benjamin. Fashion, market, sensationalism; the press, selling writing, novelty in detail and repetition of type; gambling, financial speculaion, the sanctified commodity (Brecht)