21^stCentury South African Science Fiction

• Authors: LUIZA CARAIVAN
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The paper analyses some aspects of South African science fiction, starting with its beginnings in the 1920s and focusing on some 21st century writings. Thus Lauren Beukes’ novels Moxyland (2008) and Zoo City (2010) are taken into consideration in order to present new trends in South African literature and the way science fiction has been marked by Apartheid. The second South African science fiction writer whose writings are examined is Henrietta Rose-Innes (with her novel Nineveh, published in 2011) as this consolidates women's presence in the SF world.

Keywords

EN

Apartheid; otherness; science fiction; South Africa

• Publisher: Sciendo
• Journal: Gender Studies
• Year: 2014
• Volume: 13
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 93-105

Dates

published

2014-12-01

online

2015-03-25

Contributors

author

LUIZA CARAIVAN

• “Dimitrie Cantemir” Christian University, Timişoara, Romania, Corneliu Coposu Blvd, Timişoara

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Identifiers

DOI

10.1515/genst-2015-0007