‘Speculative Slipstreaming’: The Impact of Literary Interventions within Contemporary Science Fiction
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چکیده
Margaret Atwood and Jeanette Winterson are two canonical writers participating in a ‘literary slipstream’ through their ventures into science fiction, creating crossover texts that confuse the boundaries between literary popular. This interface is exemplified awards received by these writers, which help to bring credibility integrity genre. Atwood’s first speculative novel, The Handmaid’s Tale (1985), went on win Arthur C. Clarke Award was nominated for Nebula award Booker Prize, whilst her MaddAddam trilogy (2003–2015) followed Imagination Service Society 2015. awarded an OBE services literature same year she published Stone Gods (2006), most recent novel Frankisstein (2019) longlisted Prize. article explores extent distinctions popular reliant upon notions of inferiority superiority, problematics desire frame genre fiction according perceived value.
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عنوان ژورنال: Humanities
سال: 2022
ISSN: ['2076-0787']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/h11050116