“Narrative omniscience” and science fiction Cover Image

Wszechwiedza narracyjna a science fiction
“Narrative omniscience” and science fiction

Author(s): Mariusz M. Leś
Subject(s): Literary Texts
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu w Białymstoku
Keywords: science fiction; poetics; omniscience; narrative; cultural paranoia

Summary/Abstract: The author of the paper suggests, referring to the discussion provoked by Jonathan Culler’s text Omniscience, that science fiction expresses the category of omniscient point-of-view in a characteristic way. He asserts that the category has reached its key significance in science fiction, because a suspicion is an inherent part of the nature of the genre.

  • Issue Year: 2010
  • Issue No: 01
  • Page Range: 135-143
  • Page Count: 9
  • Language: Polish