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Informationen zum Autor Amy J. Ransom is a professor of French at Central Michigan University. She earned the Science Fiction Research Association's Pioneer Award in 2007 for her work on French-language Canadian science fiction. Klappentext This first book-length study of French-language science fiction from Canada provides an introduction to the subgenre known as "SFQ" (science fiction from Quebec). In addition, it offers in-depth analyses of SFQ sagas by Jacques Brossard, Esther Rochon, and Elisabeth Vonarburg. It demonstrates how these multivolume narratives of colonization and postcolonial societies exploit themes typical of postcolonial literatures, including the denunciation of oppressive colonial systems, the utopian hope for a better future, and the celebration of tolerant pluralistic societies. A bibliography of SFQ available in English translation is included. Zusammenfassung A study of French-language science fiction from Canada that provides an introduction to the subgenre known as 'SFQ' (science fiction from Quebec). It demonstrates how these multivolume narratives of colonization and postcolonial societies exploit themes typical of postcolonial literatures. Inhaltsverzeichnis Table of ContentsPreface and Acknowledgments INTRODUCTION. Articulations: Québec, Science Fiction, and the Postcolonial ONE. SFQ: History and Themes TWO. Alien Nations: Dominance and Oppression in the SFQ Saga THREE. Utopia and New World Myth in Québec's Science-Fiction Sagas FOUR. Logiques métisses: Hybridity and Transculturalism CONCLUSION Appendix: A Selected Bibliography of French-Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy in English 213Chapter Notes Works Cited-Primary Sources Works Cited-Secondary Sources Index
