Fiction and Reality

The series Fiction and Reality focuses on the juxtaposition of fiction and reality. Firmly rooted in comparative Literature, its monographs and anthologies explore topics like the interaction of fiction and reality or fiction’s potential to resist reality. Not limited to classical literary studies, publications frequently explore their topics in relation to other disciplines like film, fan fiction or computer games.

2 publications

Contemporary German Writers and Filmmakers

Contemporary German Writers and Filmmakers aims to reflect the continuing and dynamic developments in German culture since the reunification of Germany in 1990. The fall of communism, the forging of the new Berlin Republic and increasing ethnic diversity have coincided with growing international acclaim for writers of German (such as Nobel Laureates Günter Grass, Elfriede Jelinek and Herta Müller) and renewed interest in German cinema (such as the award-winning film Das Leben der Anderen / The Lives of Others). Each volume is devoted to the work of a contemporary German-speaking novelist, poet, playwright or filmmaker, containing an interview with its subject and, in the case of writers, an original piece of previously unpublished writing presented in parallel English translation. The other chapters on key aspects of the emerging œuvre and its international significance are by scholars in the field. As the volumes are intended for readers with little or no knowledge of German, all quotations are translated into English. The volumes are designed as a resource for specialists and students alike and to stimulate debate within and beyond the academy. Proposals for new volumes on significant contemporary practitioners in the literary and cinematic fields are welcomed. The language of the series is English.

8 publications

Mediated Fictions

ISSN: 2194-5918

The Mediated Fiction series aims at providing a forum for studies in English Language and Literatures, but also Comparative Literature, the History of Sciences, and Slavonic Languages and Literatures. The series emphasis is on studies in Verbal and Visual Narratives. The editors, Professor Artur Blaim and Associate Professor Ludmila Gruszewska-Blaim, specialize in literary theory, cultural semiotics and fictional worlds in literature and cinema. The Mediated Fiction series aims at providing a forum for studies in English Language and Literatures, but also Comparative Literature, the History of Sciences, and Slavonic Languages and Literatures. The series emphasis is on studies in Verbal and Visual Narratives. The editors, Professor Artur Blaim and Associate Professor Ludmila Gruszewska-Blaim, specialize in literary theory, cultural semiotics and fictional worlds in literature and cinema. The Mediated Fiction series aims at providing a forum for studies in English Language and Literatures, but also Comparative Literature, the History of Sciences, and Slavonic Languages and Literatures. The series emphasis is on studies in Verbal and Visual Narratives. The editors, Professor Artur Blaim and Associate Professor Ludmila Gruszewska-Blaim, specialize in literary theory, cultural semiotics and fictional worlds in literature and cinema.

23 publications

Twentieth-Century American Jewish Writers

The Twentieth-Century American Jewish Writers series will present the very best, up-to-date, imaginative scholarship. Studies on novelists, writers, poets, essayists, and critics are needed and will be carefully read. New interpretations will be especially welcomed. The Twentieth-Century American Jewish Writers series will present the very best, up-to-date, imaginative scholarship. Studies on novelists, writers, poets, essayists, and critics are needed and will be carefully read. New interpretations will be especially welcomed. The Twentieth-Century American Jewish Writers series will present the very best, up-to-date, imaginative scholarship. Studies on novelists, writers, poets, essayists, and critics are needed and will be carefully read. New interpretations will be especially welcomed.

12 publications

World Science Fiction Studies

ISSN: 2296-8814

World Science Fiction Studies understands science fiction to be an inherently global phenomenon. Proposals are invited for monographs and edited collections that celebrate the tremendous reach of a genre that continues to be interpreted and transformed by a variety of cultures and linguistic communities around the world. The series embraces this global vision of the genre but also supports the articulation of each community’s unique approach to the challenges of science, technology and society. The series encourages the use of contemporary theoretical approaches (e.g. postcolonialism, posthumanism, feminisms, ecocriticism) as well as engagement with positionalities understood through critical race and ethnicity studies, gender studies, queer theory, disability studies, class analysis, and beyond. Interdisciplinary work and research on any media (e.g. print, film, television, visual arts, video games, new media) is welcome. The language of the series is English. Advisory Board: Jinyi Chu (Yale University), Antonio Cordoba (Manhattan College), Elizabeth Ginway (University of Florida), Hugh O’Connell (University of Massachusetts, Boston), Iva Polak (University of Zagreb), Umberto Rossi (Sapienza University of Rome), Alfredo Luiz Suppia (University of Campinas), Ida Yoshinaga (Georgia Institute of Technology).

4 publications

Genre Fiction and Film Companions

ISSN: 2631-8725

The Genre Fiction and Film Companions provide accessible introductions to key texts within the most popular genres of our time. Written by leading scholars in the field, brief essays on individual texts offer innovative ways of understanding, interpreting and reading the topics in question. Invaluable for students, teachers and fans alike, these surveys offer new insights into the most important literary works, films, music, events and more within genre fiction and film.

27 publications

University of Texas Studies in Contemporary Spanish-American Fiction

7 publications