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Special issue of Science Fiction Studies: China
[BNUMA]A Study on Science Image in Liu Cixin’s Science Fiction(2010)
The relationship between science and science fiction has been explained in various ways in different ages.The understanding of “science” is the precondition of the understangding of science fiction.That’s very important in the study of the works of Liu Cixin,who emphasize the importance of science. Science history methods has been introduced into this paper,with the analyzing of the text,to quest for the particular aesthetic character of the depiction of the science image in Lincixin’s Science fiction.
[BNUMA]A Research of the Phenomenon about Pan Jiazheng(2009)
As a curbstone writer into China's sci-fi circle, Mr. Pan Jiazheng has created 30 science fictions in more than 10 years. Despite his work has received the national attention and promotion, response from the mainstream of science fiction circle is flat. The "outside heat, inside cold" phenomenon is rarely seen in science fiction of China.Based on the contradictory nature of “Pan Jiazheng phenomenon”, this paper tries to give detail analysis about the inevitability of national promotion from the text value of Pan Jiazheng sci-fi and his special identity as academician. Meanwhile, the inevitability of flat response from sci-fi circle will be analyzed in two sides, creation mode and sci-fi concept. By the analysis, causes of the paradox as well as the deep-seated cultural factors are summed up. Finally, based on overall consideration of the phenomena "scientists write sci-fi", the special signification of scientists writing sci-fi and encouragement mechanism is pointed out.
[BNUMA]A Study OF Chinese Feminist Science Fiction(2009)
There are two core elements in the creation of science fiction, which is the science and a speculative world based on the development of the science. The masculinity of science leads to the exclusion of women in scientific field. However, as a social experiment, science fiction provides women with a space for gender criticism. Feminist science fiction has a special value and significance in the development of science fiction. This thesis aims at expounding the science fiction written by Chinese contemporary female authors. For this purpose, I selected the western feminist science fiction as a reference, described the history of Chinese feminist science fiction, and tried to position the works objectively from three aspects.
[BNUMA]A Research On Zheng Wenguang’s Science Fiction(2007)
Zheng Wen Guang is called “The Father of China SF”.As a SF writer who has produced innovative works in both creative and theoretical endeavors, Zheng Wen Guang nevertheless has not been studied very closely. This paper will present his crackajack works and analyse the reason of his outstand in Chinese SF author. This paper also performs a detailed study of the influence from Social Circumstance and Character of himself on the development of his science fiction in general. Actulally, Zheng Wen Guang was always looking after the balance of Scientific Conformation and Literary Conformation. In this author’s opinion, Zheng Wen Guang’s creative works occupy a representative position in the domain of Chinese science fiction, while his SF theories have had an even more profound impact on the development of Chinese science fiction.
[BNUMA]Dissertating the Upsurge of Mars of Science Fiction(2006)
DISSERTATING THE UPSURGE OF MARS OF SCIENCE FICTION(2006) Fujun Gao ABSTRACT Extraterrestrial life and civilization subject matter is one of the prosperous forever creation subject matter in regions of literature of science fiction. Left a half in the 19th century, people’s observation of the Mars cause the prevailing in a large amount of science fiction [...]
[BNUMA]The Modernity of the Chinese Science Fiction from 1949 to 1966(2006)
THE MODERNITY OF THE CHINESE SCIENCE FICTION FROM 1949 TO 1966(2006) Jun Hu ABSTRACT From 1949 to 1966, Chinese science fiction entered the first inditing climax. In this period, the Chinese science fiction was tightly intertwisted with the target achieving the modernization of the society, and positively participated into the modernized construct in its imaginary [...]
[BNUMA]A Study of 1990s Chinese Science Fiction Writings (2006)
A STUDY OF 1990s CHINESE SCIENCE FICTION WRITINGS(2006) Bei Yang ABSTRACT This article focuses on the Chinese SF writers and their writings in 1990s and analyzes their working and speaking of SF to examines their new conception and aesthetics attitudes in new age. From this survey, this article reveals the theories of SF writing in [...]
[BNUMA]A Research on Tong Enzheng(2006)
A RESEARCH ON TONG ENZHENG(2006) Jie Xiao ABSTRACT Tong En-zheng is a very important writer during the period when the Chinese SF concept from “Popularizing Science” to a new road in the 1980’s, and his SF writing and theoery are all representatively creative, but the research on him was very lacking. Through analyzing his SF [...]
[BNUMA]Disciplined Imagination: the Route to the Modernity for the Early 1980s Chinese Science Fiction(2006)
From 1976 to 1983, the Chinese Science Fiction entered a brand-new peak time for inditement? creation. In this period, it was tightly intertwisted with the modernity target, which is to be rebuilt for the society. In the pursuit of the modernized context, the Chinese Science Fiction was invoked and positively participated into the modernized “metanarritive” in its own discourse. However, it constantly encountered the modification of the ideology, which harmonized the Chinese Science Fiction with the theme in this times by disciplining its conception and skills. This paper tries to expatiate from the modernity angle on the creation situations of the early 1980s Chinese Science Fiction.