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  • July 1, 2017
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“SCIENTIFIC ROMANCE”: THE PROBLEM OF NON-EXISTENT GENRE

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Abstract

In the article the genre notion “scientific romance” is comprehended. A survey of foreign and domestic studies of this phenomenon is made, as a result of which it becomes clear that the term “scientific romance” can denote different literary sets. It is found out that the thematic complex “science and scientific discovery” combined with a certain image of the hero-scientist serves as a common denominator of different definitions of the genre. It is concluded that these parameters are insufficient to form the genre.

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Author information

Elena Yur'evna Koz'mina

Ural Federal University named after the First President of Russia B. N. Yeltsin

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Publication history

  • Published: July 1, 2017.

Keywords

  • жанр
  • научный роман
  • scientific romance
  • «литература об ученых»
  • научная фантастика
  • genre
  • “literature about scientists”
  • science fiction

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