THE POETICS OF THE PUNCHLINE IN GREG BEATTY’S SCIENCE FICTION POEM “NO RUINED LUNAR CITY”
THE POETICS OF THE PUNCHLINE IN GREG BEATTY’S SCIENCE FICTION POEM “NO RUINED LUNAR CITY”
Author(s): Aleksandar B. NedeljkovićSubject(s): Literary Texts
Published by: Editura Universităţii de Vest din Timişoara / Diacritic Timisoara
Keywords: Beatty; Greg; poetry; science fiction
Summary/Abstract: The aim of our paper is to examine the narrative strategy which contributed to a particularly effective, recent (2005), axiologically significant use of a literary device, typical for short works in the science fiction genre, called “punchline,” by a modern poet who also has a Ph.D in American Literature.
Journal: B.A.S. British and American Studies
- Issue Year: 2012
- Issue No: 18
- Page Range: 131-139
- Page Count: 9
- Language: English