Aesthetic, Ethical and Empirical Readings:
Revisiting Dystopian Fiction (I)
Aesthetic, Ethical and Empirical Readings:
Revisiting Dystopian Fiction (I)
Author(s): Brîndusa NicolaescuSubject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Library and Information Science, Studies of Literature
Published by: Universitatea din Bucuresti, Colectivul de Stiinte ale Informarii si Documentarii
Keywords: critical response; specialized bibliography; literary interpretation vs. literal reading; aesthetic-ethical; dystopian fiction
Summary/Abstract: Based on recent research in literary criticism, primarily a preoccupation for the literary response among the readers (students) in the academic milieu, this article attempts to propose different perspectives and discuss various levels of interpretation of dystopian fiction - going beyond the cliches that for instance have lead throughout the years to its confusion with the science fiction genre - reclaiming an increasing need for a specialized bibliography. We contend these literary works entail peculiar ethical considerations and ultimately they require a specific methodology close to a psychonarratological approach, namely empirical.
Journal: Studii de Biblioteconomie şi Ştiinţa Informării
- Issue Year: 2015
- Issue No: 19
- Page Range: 153-159
- Page Count: 7
- Language: English