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| Author(s): |
Andreya Susane Seiffert
Total Authors: 1
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| Document type: | Doctoral Thesis |
| Press: | São Paulo. |
| Institution: | Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas (FFLCH/SBD) |
| Defense date: | 2019-12-06 |
| Examining board members: |
Julio Cesar Pimentel Pinto Filho;
Renato Brighenti Prelorentzou;
Nelson Schapochnik;
Jose Antonio Vasconcelos
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| Advisor: | Julio Cesar Pimentel Pinto Filho |
| Abstract | |
This doctoral thesis discusses the science fiction produced by members of a group called The Futurian Society of New York, or simply The Futurians, which existed in New York from 1938 to 1945. First a fan group, its members began to dedicate themselves professionally to science fiction in the early 1940s. During this period, there was a boom in the publishing market of science fiction pulps magazines, the main vehicle of the genre at the time. In these magazines, members of the group published dozens of stories, exploring the many possibilities they saw in science fiction. In this work, the stories written by the futurians are analyzed from the following axes: politics; science; Second World War; gender and race. Each chapter discusses how the stories worked with these themes, what ideas they sought to exalt, and thus what future the authors wanted to build. (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 15/17754-3 - Yesterday's Tomorrow: The Futurians and American Science fiction in the 1940's |
| Grantee: | Andreya Susane Seiffert |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate |