Scotland and Science Fiction

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Starting date
January 1, 2010
Duration (months)
6
Departments
Foreign Languages and Literatures
Managers or local contacts
Sassi Carla
Keyword
Science Fiction, Scottish literature

An investigation of the contribution of some among the most established Scottish SF writers, in relation to issues of national identity and local/global tensions.

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Carla Sassi
Associate Professor
Research areas involved in the project
Letteratura inglese e letterature anglofone
Geographical-Cultural Areas: Scotland
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Title Authors Year
The Cosmic (Cosmo)Polis in Naomi Mitchison's Science Fiction Novels SASSI C. 2012
Virtual Caledonias: conflicting national landscape(s) in Ken MacLeod's Cydonia and Matthew Fitt's But n Ben A-Go-Go Sassi C 2010

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