Science Fiction from Québec : A Postcolonial Study
, by Ransom, Amy J.Note: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.
- ISBN: 9780786438242 | 078643824X
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 6/30/2009
This first book-length study of French-language science fiction from Canada provides an introduction to the subgenre known as "SFQ" (science fiction from Québec). In addition, it offers in-depth analyses of SFQ sagas by Jacques Brossard, Esther Rochon, and Élisabeth Vonarburg. It demonstrates how these multivolume narratives of colonization and postcolonial societies exploit themes typical of postcolonial literatures, including the denunciation of oppressive colonial systems, the utopian hope for a better future, and the celebration of tolerant pluralistic societies. A bibliography of SFQ available in English translation is included.