Doris Lessing on Feminism, Communism and 'Space Fiction'
This game, which Doris Lessing played as a child in the vast open landscapes of Africa, has now found its adult corollary in Sufism and its literary expression in space fiction: ''I see inner...
While Doris Lessing's declaration that her newly-published novel, Shikasta (1979), is a work of "space fiction" may clarify the direction of her esthetic development, it is also certain to rigidity certain misconceptions that have
Outer space, inner space: Doris Lessing's metaphor of science fiction
2008年7月18日 · Outer space, inner space: Doris Lessing's metaphor of science fiction Roberta Rubenstein American University Pages 187-197 | Published online: 18 Jul 2008
Analysis of Doris Lessing’s Novels - Literary Theory and Criticism
2019年5月24日 · A number of loyal readers were disappointed with what Lessing called her “space fiction,” with its undeveloped, stylized characters and strangely unexciting interplanetary rivalries.
Identity in Doris Lessing’s Space Fiction - OpenEdition Journals
Included in this study of identity, of our role as a member of a society based on group affiliation, are works which can be considered under the rubric of what Lessing calls ‘space fiction’: the five novels of Canopus in Argos: Archives, as well as Briefing for a Descent into Hell and Memoirs of a Survivor, all of which have more to do with ...
As already noted, Lessing has interestingly called her novel ‗inner-space fiction‘, suggesting a generic hybrid, a cross between science fiction and psycho-fiction. In the light of Lessing‘s interest in modern physics, which she openly acknowledges in her …
Biology in Science Fiction: Doris Lessing: Sufism and Space Fiction
2011年2月21日 · Between 1979 and 1983 Nobel prize winning author Doris Lessing published five "space fiction" novels. The Canopus in Argos series is influenced by Lessing's interest in the mystical and spiritual aspects of Sufism, and focuses on an advanced interstellar species accelerating the evolution of less advanced species.
Identity in Doris Lessing’s Space Fiction by David Waterman
In this study of identity in Doris Lessing’s space fiction, David Waterman devotes a chapter to each of the five novels in the Canopus in Argos: Archives series, as well as Briefing for a Descent into Hell, Memoirs of a Survivor and finally The Reason for It.
The inner space novels reveal clearly Lessing's intention to explore, not external reality, but the world within. In the preface of Briefing for a Descent into Hell, the writer states that she was writing a work of "inner space fiction" because "there is never anywhere to go but in".
Identity in Doris Lessing's Space Fiction | Semantic Scholar
2006年11月16日 · Included in this study of identity, of our role as a member of a society based on group affiliation, are works which can be considered under the rubric of what Lessing calls ‘space fiction’: the five novels of Canopus in Argos: Archives, as well as Briefing for a Descent into Hell and Memoirs of a Survivor, all of which have more to do with ...