SCIENCE FICTION DISCOURSE IN THE USSR AND HUNGARY: INSTITUTIONALIZATION AND INTERACTION IN THE CONTEXT OF COMMUNIST IDEOLOGY
SCIENCE FICTION DISCOURSE IN THE USSR AND HUNGARY: INSTITUTIONALIZATION AND INTERACTION IN THE CONTEXT OF COMMUNIST IDEOLOGY
Author(s): Alexander Sautkin, Elena PhilippovaSubject(s): Media studies, Fiction, Social Philosophy, Hungarian Literature, Post-War period (1950 - 1989), Transformation Period (1990 - 2010), History of Communism
Published by: Editura Pro Universitaria
Keywords: science fiction; utopia; social imagination; communism; ideology; Soviet bloc; institutionalization;
Summary/Abstract: The article describes the development of Soviet and Hungarian science fiction (SF) in connection with the scientific and technical achievements as well as ideological changes in the USSR and Hungary. SF is considered as a literary genre with utopian and dystopian elements and as a form of socio-philosophical reflection in the context of social imagination. The research is focused on identifying both general aspects of the development of SF literature and related institutions (magazines, amateur associations) in the USSR and Hungary, and the specifics of their existence in these countries.
Journal: Cogito - Multidisciplinary research Journal
- Issue Year: 2021
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 118-131
- Page Count: 14
- Language: English