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The Canvas and the Maze: Deconstructing Wall and Frontier in Contemporary American Science Fiction

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Grilli C.

Review of International American Studies

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2018

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vol. 11

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issue 2

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Chiara GrilliIndependent scholarItaly The Canvas and the Maze: Deconstructing Wall and Frontier in Contemporary American Science Fiction Abstract: Science Fiction has always been used to analyze society through the construction of parallel worlds. Likewise, Denis Villeneuve’s movie Arrival (2016) and the TV series Westworld (2016) challenge respectively the evocative symbol of the wall and the old myth of the American frontier, thanks to the fruitful possibilities of representation offered by the Sci-Fi genre. While in Arrival the wall is turned into the first tool of communication between two cultures, in Westworld the myth depicting America as the land of opportunity connects with that of the frontier and the search for new lands, intended here not as outdoor places, but more importantly as inner spaces. Beside their mystifying power, what connects these two works is a more complex concept of time and of identity: thanks to the screen and the maze, and, as a consequence, thanks to interrelation and introspection, the self is allowed to wander through time, through visionary predictions of the future and hallucinatory mirages of the past, which give the individual the chance to re-build his/her own life story.Keywords: Science Fiction, Wall, American frontier

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Przesuwając granice – utopia i odmienność w świecie Star Treka

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Kozek B.

Przegląd Humanistyczny

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2015

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vol. 59(3 (450))

135-143

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The article shows on the examples of two last TV series from this universe the world created in them, its rules and the problem with their application when confronted with new phenomena, such as the question of the humanity of a hologram or a person liberated from a Borg collective. Comparing Voyager and Enterprise TV series with each other, the author of the article shows a huge role of utopia in creating an attractive vision of the future for the fans of Star Trek, and what happens when this utopia is being questioned in the Enterprise series.

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Future soldiers in contemporary science fiction: the victory of complete harmony of body and mind on the example of Gordon R. Dickson`s Mercenaries – Dorsai

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Samulak-Piłat M.

Facta Simonidis

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2012

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issue 5

65-82

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Military Science Fiction as a sub-genre of SF literature has gained a major acclaim throughout the years, especially after the II World War. It mainly deals with predictions such as: how modern warfare will look like in the future, what body upgrading systems, weapons and armour will it involve etc. Gordor R. Dickson – a silent giant of this sub-genre, unappreciated during his lifetime – proposed in his works a different vision of future warfare – innovative but traditional at the same time, intelligent and cunning. This article aims at presenting Dickson’s vision of future warfare and how innovative and different his ideas were in comparison to other military SF writers.

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Gatunek literacki military Science Fiction został doceniony i zyskał sławę głównie po II Wojnie Światowej. Zajmuje się on przewidywaniem jak w przyszłości wyglądać będzie sposób prowadzenia wojen, jak zostanie ulepszone ludzkie ciało, broń czy jakie rodzaje zbroi czy kombinezonów będą w użyciu etc. Gordon R. Dickson – niedoceniony za życia wielki autor military SF – pokazał w swoich utworach zupełnie inny styl prowadzenia konfliktów zbrojnych – innowacyjny ale i tradycyjny zarazem, oparty na inteligencji i przebiegłości. Ten artykuł ma na celu przedstawienie jego pomysłów na to jak będą w przyszłości wyglądać konflikty zbrojne i różnic między nim a innymi pisarzami military SF.

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The Canvas and the Maze: Deconstructing Wall and Frontier in Contemporary American Science Fiction

Przesuwając granice – utopia i odmienność w świecie Star Treka

Future soldiers in contemporary science fiction: the victory of complete harmony of body and mind on the example of Gordon R. Dickson`s Mercenaries – Dorsai