Science-fiction Studies, Issues 29-31SFS Publications, 1983 - Science fiction |
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It is primarily this cultural level of verisimilitude that provides the information by which readers interpret the behavior of the characters in stories ; and often the text itself will contribute explicit interpretations of its own .
It is primarily this cultural level of verisimilitude that provides the information by which readers interpret the behavior of the characters in stories ; and often the text itself will contribute explicit interpretations of its own .
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“ A woman's worth , " one character reminds another , “ doesn't lie only in the children of her body " ( 14 : 235 ) . ... Charnas's attitude towards her characters ' sexuality is clearly a reflection of 20th - century feminist attitudes ...
“ A woman's worth , " one character reminds another , “ doesn't lie only in the children of her body " ( 14 : 235 ) . ... Charnas's attitude towards her characters ' sexuality is clearly a reflection of 20th - century feminist attitudes ...
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( 1 ) First of all , two characteristics- unrelated to one another - of almost all the objects found in the Zone attract our notice . One is that these objects have retained a measure of functionability : they are not passive , lifeless ...
( 1 ) First of all , two characteristics- unrelated to one another - of almost all the objects found in the Zone attract our notice . One is that these objects have retained a measure of functionability : they are not passive , lifeless ...
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