Please do me a favour in giving your comments on the scholary attribute of Dr. Ratnakar D.Bhelkar , Sr. lecturer in English
He has sent me the synopsis of his book to be published shortly.I requested him to share his work with all my learned friends on this forum to get their feed back.Though his approval is still pending I am sharing this with you for a noble cause-please do comment on his work which is as follows-
Request to
write a critical view on :
Panorama
Beyond the Hills : Fantasy and Reality in Science Fiction [Synopsis] by Dr .Ratnakar D.Bhelkar
Objective
The objective of the
present endeavour is to explore the relationship between Fantasy and Reality in the Major British Science Fiction from
1890 to 1970 in their diverse
manifestations
Outline
of the Research Work
Chapter I Introduction
Historical perspectives on Science Fiction (SF) ______characteristics of SF _____ approaches to SF ______ approaches to Fantasy and Reality ________justification for selection of SF writers and period _________ review of research works on SF by other scholars like J.O. Bailey, D. V. K. Raghvencharyulu , David Norman Saumelson ___________ an attempt to understand the relationship between the two terms as revealed in the Major British SF from 1890 to 1970.
References
Chapter
II H.G. Wells
Wells being the major SF writer in 1890's and pioneer in establishing SF, his
SF analysed are The Time Machine ( 1895), The War of the World ( 1898),
The World Set Free ( 1914)
References
Chapter
III
Olaf Stapledon and Aldous Huxley
Olaf Stapledon's
Th Last and the First Man (1930), Star Maker (1937),
Aldous Huxley's
Brave New World (1932), Apes and Essence (1939)
References
Chapter
IV C.S.Lewis
and George Orwell
C.S.Lewis
Out of the Silent Plant (1930), That Hideons Strength(1945)
George Orwell's
Nineteen Eight-four (1949)
References
Chapter
V Arthur C. Clarke and J. G. Ballard
Arthur C. Clarke's
Childhood's End ( 1953), 2001 : Space Odyssey (1968)
J. G. Ballard's
The Drowned World (1962), The Draught (1964) ,The Crystal World(1966)
References
In
Retrospect
Bibliography
Primary Sources and Secondary Sources
Abstract
In it's initial phase SF was criticised as a brash, emotionally dry, and a commercial form which was appeared in pulp magazine but today it is an
established genre of fiction. Readers from the different spheres of life are turning to it as an important "sign of time" on one hand , SF points to the existing corpus of knowledge and on the other , the fictional world . Herein attempt has been made to find answers to the questions
1) Why does a writer create fantasy? 2) How does a writer make fantasy acceptable to readers? 3) What is a writer's approach to reality?
The two elements fantasy and reality chiefly control the thematic content of SF. However , the term, is not to be viewed reductively; it can't be understood in the same sense. Reality, too, is understood in different ways. In the British SF from 1890 to 1970, in the cases of H. G. Wells, Aldous Huxley, George Orwell and J. G. Ballard fantasy points to reality. Reality is not within but out. In Olaf Stapledon , C.S. lewis and Arthur C. Clarke, it does not stress reality. It is not what we see in the outside world but within .The understanding of reality by different SF writer is different . Reality is not static but is dynamic. It is meaningful; it is not absurd.
Application
The book serves as reference for undergraduate, postgraduate, M.phil., Ph.D. students, teachers and readers who intend to know trends in Science Fiction, trends in Contemporary Fiction, nature of Fantasy and Reality.
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