Science Fiction from Quebec: A Postcolonial Study (Critical Explorations in Science Fiction and Fantasy): 15 - Softcover

Ransom, Amy J.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 078643824X ISBN 13: 9780786438242

Publisher: McFarland & Co, 2009

Synopsis

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.

About this title

Review:

"the first book-length study on the topic...exciting study"--Science Fiction Studies.

About the Author:

Amy J. Ransom teaches at Central Michigan University, specializing in Quebec studies. She earned the Science Fiction Research Association's Pioneer Award in 2007 for her work on French-language Canadian science fiction. Her previous publications include a book about classic French fantastic stories, as well as essays on Quebec's fantastic and horror literature and film, alternate history, and eighteenth- and nineteenth-century French literature.

About this edition

• Publisher: McFarland & Co
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 078643824X
• ISBN 13: 9780786438242
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 276
• Editor: Palumbo Donald E., Sullivan III C.W.