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Making a theoretical case linking genre trajectory with artistic legitimation struggles, this paper seeks to explain the development of the American science fiction magazine. Across the fifty-plus years analyzed, science fiction emerged... more
To be edited by Sümeyra Buran and Jiré Emine Gözen. Knowledge and culture are medially conditioned, crystalised, and perpetuated by narratives in science, art, and literature. Orientalism represents one of these narratives and has... more
In this essay, I explore the Eymerich series written by Valerio Evangelisti. In the first part, I examine the complex universe that underlies Evangelisti's novels. I show that the series is characterized by gothic atmospheres in... more
parte di "Ora il futuro arriva da oriente" con Francesco Verso, Giulia Iannuzzi Il fenomeno della fantascienza cinese, tra sovvenzioni statali, investimenti privati e la nascita di una generazione di scrittori - chiamata “balinghou” -... more
Aspects of science fiction since the 1980s: China, Italy, Japan, Korea is a research project on science fiction in East Asia and in the West. It involves essays on cultural studies, literary criticism, creative writing, and translation.... more
"...Shi Kong was indeed the first example of Chinese science fiction translated into Italian and, moreover, it was one of the first publications of Chinese science fiction in a European language at all. ..."
In the Anglo-American field of science fiction studies, there has been increasing attention in recent years to non-English traditions as well as to the idea of global or world science fiction... It is evident that translations have a... more
This is part of the "Virtual Introduction to Science Fiction. Online Toolkit for Teaching SF", an international collaborative website aimed for teachers who want to prepare courses on SF. This lecture is an overview of Argentinean SF for... more
El volumen analiza el lugar de la ciencia- ficción dentro de la cultura argentina contemporánea y explora en qué medida problemas de recepción (de público y crítica) han contribuido a su (imaginaria) marginalización. Aquí se analizan las... more