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The end of the second millennium witnessed an increase in
science-fictional apocalyptic narratives globally. There is a
noteworthy difference between such fictions from Latin America and
the anglophone world and those from Spain, in which scientific
explanations of events coexist with biblically-inspired plots,
characters and imagery. This is the first book-length study of
either science-fictional novels or apocalyptic literature in that
country, analysing six such works between 1990 and 2005. Within a
theoretical framework that includes critical and genre theories,
archetypal criticism, and biblical scholarship, the book explains
this phenomenon as a result of three historical factors: the 'Two
Spains', Spanish 'difference', and the 'Pact of Silence', a tacit
agreement that made justice and accountability impossible in the
name of a peaceful transition to democracy. It repressed any
processing of the historical trauma experienced during the Civil
War and dictatorship, trauma that manifests itself symbolically in
these fictions.
The twenty-first century has witnessed an explosion of speculative
fiction in translation (SFT). Rachel Cordasco examines speculative
fiction published in English translation since 1960, ranging from
Soviet-era fiction to the Arabic-language dystopias that emerged
following the Iraq War. Individual chapters on SFT from Korean,
Czech, Finnish, and eleven other source languages feature an
introduction by an expert in the language's speculative fiction
tradition and its present-day output. Cordasco then breaks down
each chapter by subgenre--including science fiction, fantasy, and
horror--to guide readers toward the kinds of works that most
interest them. Her discussion of available SFT stands alongside an
analysis of how various subgenres emerged and developed in a given
language. She also examines the reasons a given subgenre has been
translated into English. An informative and one-of-a-kind guide,
Out of This World offers readers and scholars alike a tour of
speculative fiction's new globalized era.
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