Teaching Science Fiction - (Teaching the New English) by A Sawyer & P Wright (Hardcover)

About the Book

"In response to the growing presence of science fiction in English Studies, Teaching Science Fiction provides an accessible account of how the genre might be taught and understood, considering its history, its major forms, and the critical approaches that make science fiction available to detailed discussion"--

Book Synopsis

Teaching Science Fiction is the first text in thirty years to explore the pedagogic potential of that most intellectually stimulating and provocative form of popular literature: science fiction. Innovative and academically lively, it offers valuable insights into how SF can be taught historically, culturally and practically at university level.

Review Quotes

"a provocative, up-to-date guide to the full range of modern science fiction and the challenges it presents to students and teachers. - Patrick Parrinder, Emeritus Professor of English, University of Reading, UK

'Teaching Science Fiction not only effectively explores what it means to teach sf but also actually teaches the genre to its readers...Teaching Science Fiction is an essential addition to the bookshelves of current or prospective teachers of sf. Its contributors provide the insight that can be found in a teaching narrative, while not losing sight of the critical role of context in making pedagogical decisions. They provide rationales for their course constructino and explain the results achieved. Interestingly, the book is perhaps just as useful to beginning sf scholars, whether or not they intend to teach the genre, as the chapters provide succinct and readable introductions to many iof the critical aspects of the contemporary study of science fiction' - Craig B. Jacobsen, Science Fiction Studies

About the Author

BRIAN ATTEBERY Professor of English, Idaho State University, USA MARK BRAKE Professor of Science Communication, University of Glamorgan, UK ANDREW M. BUTLER Independent Scholar CHRIS FERNS Professor of English, Mount Saint Vincent University, Nova Scotia, Canada M. ELIZABETH GINWAY Associate Professor of Portuguese, University of Florida, USA NEIL HOOK Senior Lecturer in Science Communication, University of Glamorgan, UK PAUL KINCAID Independent Scholar ROB LATHAM Associate Professor of English, University of California, Riverside, USA ADAM ROBERTS Professor Nineteenth-Century Literature, Royal Holloway University of London, UK GARY WESTFAHL Lecturer in English, University of California, Riverside, USA GARY K. WOLFE Professor of Humanities and English, Roosevelt University, USA LISA YASZEK Associate Professor in the School of Literature, Communication, and Culture, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA