Scotland and Science Fiction

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Starting date
January 1, 2010
Duration (months)
6
Departments
Foreign Languages and Literatures
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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, Carla 2012
Virtual Caledonias: conflicting national landscape(s) in Ken MacLeod’s Cydonia and Matthew Fitt’s But n Ben A-Go-Go Sassi, Carla 2010

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