Narrative time and speculative fiction: Reflection of social conditions in temporal implications

Lwin, Soe Marlar

doi:10.3968/j.sll.1923156320110203.002

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Narrative time and speculative fiction: Reflection of social conditions in temporal implications

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dc.contributor.author	Lwin, Soe Marlar
dc.date.accessioned	2014-11-13T03:11:14Z
dc.date.available	2014-11-13T03:11:14Z
dc.date.issued	2011
dc.description.abstract	Speculative fiction, with elements of fantasy integral to narrative, has developed as a literary genre with some underlying postulates and textual strategies that challenge the boundaries of narrative realism. It is often examined as a search for the definition of human beings and their status in the universe and an impact of scientific and technological advances upon human beings. It is believed that the world view created by development of science and technology at a particular period influences the choices made for various narrative devices, such as point of view, narrative time sequence, plot structure, character and language in speculative fiction. This paper examines temporal implications of the plots in two speculative fiction novels, Anthony Burgess's A Clockwork Orange (1972) and William Gibson's Neuromancer (1984), written in two different periods which are about ten years apart. Using Ricoeur's (2002) distinction between episodic and configurational dimensions for the conception of time, the paper aims to uncover different ways of using narrative temporality in the configuration of plots in these two novels, and relate these differences to broader social conditions happening at the two respective stages in the postmodern age.	en
dc.identifier.citation	Lwin, S. M. (2011). Narrative time and speculative fiction: Reflection of social conditions in temporal implications. Studies in Literature and Language, 2(3), 11-17. https://doi.org/10.3968/j.sll.1923156320110203.002	en
dc.identifier.doi	10.3968/j.sll.1923156320110203.002
dc.identifier.issn	1923-1555 (print)
dc.identifier.issn	1923-1563 (online)
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10497/16179
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.subject	Narrative time	en
dc.subject	Plot	en
dc.subject	Temporal implications	en
dc.subject	Social conditions	en
dc.subject	Speculative fiction	en
dc.title	Narrative time and speculative fiction: Reflection of social conditions in temporal implications	en
dc.type	Article	en
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