Sense and intention: reading science fiction worlds and characters

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Sense and intention: reading science fiction worlds and characters

This paper examines prototype worlds and characters in selected Science Fiction (SF) texts. It utilises certain principles of I.A Richard‟s Practical Criticism, particularly in relation to “sense” and “intention”, as the analytical framework. It is found that the analysis of the worlds and character...

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Main Authors:	Shahizah Ismail Hamdan, Noritah Omar
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Pusat Pengajian Bahasa dan Linguistik, FSSK, UKM 2010
Online Access:	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/1031/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/1031/1/ShahizahIsmailHamdan.pdf

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