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Från flygkamrater till rymdrevolutionärer. Om Sven Wernströms tidigaste science fiction
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The Swedish author Sven Wernstrom (b. 1925), mostly known for his political children’s and young adult fiction, is also one of the most prolific and widely read Swedish writers of science fiction (sf). His first attempts in the genre consisted of stray sf elements in some of his aviation novels on ‘‘Flygkamraterna’’ (‘‘The Flight Comrades’’, 1947-1957), and the fullblown sf novel Flygkamraterna korsar rymden (‘‘The Flight Comrades Cross Space’’, 1949), which depicts a trip to Mars and an encounter with an alien civilisation literally divided into different strata in their underground society. This study examines the transition from Wernstrom’s first aviation novels to his first sf novel, and studies the extent to which Wernstrom’s early science fiction makes use of the specific conventions of the genre. After a very brief survey of the history of sf in Sweden up until the 1950s, this study deals with the two novels Flygkamraterna (‘‘The Flight Comrades’’, 1947) and Flygkamraterna korsar rymden when it comes to their view on science and technology, their uses of technological speculation and futurological extrapolation, estrangement, and evocation of the sublime. It is commonly believed that Wernstrom’s writing didn’t really become political until the 1960s. One of the main conclusions of this study, however, is that already in his earliest science fiction from the late 1940s, Wernstrom makes ample use of the genre’s potential to conduct indirect social commentary. Keywords: Sven Wernstrom ; Science Fiction ; Aviation Novels ; Interplanetary Travel ; Mars ; Alien Life Forms (Published: 28 November 2012) Citation: Barnboken - tidskrift for barnlitteraturforskning/Journal of Children’s Literature Research, Vol. 35 , 2012 http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/clr.v35i0.19966
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Literature and Literary Theory, Visual Arts and Performing Arts, Mars, Humaniora, Humanities, Sven Wernström, Science Fiction, General Medicine, Interplanetary Travel, Litteraturvetenskap, General Literature Studies, Alien Life Forms, Aviation Novels
Literature and Literary Theory, Visual Arts and Performing Arts, Mars, Humaniora, Humanities, Sven Wernström, Science Fiction, General Medicine, Interplanetary Travel, Litteraturvetenskap, General Literature Studies, Alien Life Forms, Aviation Novels
Microsoft Academic Graph classification: History Aviation media_common.quotation_subject Alien Politics media_common Literature Civilization business.industry Transition (fiction) Sublime Evocation business Citation
Library of Congress Subject Headings: lcsh:Literature (General) lcsh:PN1-6790
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The Swedish author Sven Wernstrom (b. 1925), mostly known for his political children’s and young adult fiction, is also one of the most prolific and widely read Swedish writers of science fiction (sf). His first attempts in the genre consisted of stray sf elements in some of his aviation novels on ‘‘Flygkamraterna’’ (‘‘The Flight Comrades’’, 1947-1957), and the fullblown sf novel Flygkamraterna korsar rymden (‘‘The Flight Comrades Cross Space’’, 1949), which depicts a trip to Mars and an encounter with an alien civilisation literally divided into different strata in their underground society. This study examines the transition from Wernstrom’s first aviation novels to his first sf novel, and studies the extent to which Wernstrom’s early science fiction makes use of the specific conventions of the genre. After a very brief survey of the history of sf in Sweden up until the 1950s, this study deals with the two novels Flygkamraterna (‘‘The Flight Comrades’’, 1947) and Flygkamraterna korsar rymden when it comes to their view on science and technology, their uses of technological speculation and futurological extrapolation, estrangement, and evocation of the sublime. It is commonly believed that Wernstrom’s writing didn’t really become political until the 1960s. One of the main conclusions of this study, however, is that already in his earliest science fiction from the late 1940s, Wernstrom makes ample use of the genre’s potential to conduct indirect social commentary. Keywords: Sven Wernstrom ; Science Fiction ; Aviation Novels ; Interplanetary Travel ; Mars ; Alien Life Forms (Published: 28 November 2012) Citation: Barnboken - tidskrift for barnlitteraturforskning/Journal of Children’s Literature Research, Vol. 35 , 2012 http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/clr.v35i0.19966