Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2007
Journal or Book Title
Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts
Volume
18
Issue
23
First Page
166
Last Page
185
Abstract
This essay extends Bud Foote's theory of a link between geographical and temporal travel in Northern science fiction to include the science fiction of the Southern hemisphere. It examines two tales of marvelous overland journeys that were set in the Latin America of the day but which represented travel to the nations' natural, historical, and cultural pasts: the Brazilian Augusto Emflio Zaluar's 0 Doutor Benignus (Docwr Bemgnu.s) and the Argentine Eduardo Ladislao Holmberg's Dos partidos en lucha: Fan, wsw cientifica (livo Factions Struggle for Life: A Scientific Fantasy). Despite marked dissmiliarities between the backgrounds and world views of their writers, these two novels hare common influences and deal with themes of scientific and pseudoscientific uses of evolutionary theories, national progress through the spread of scientific knowledge, and the representation of South America as the locus for a utopian future.
Copyright Owner
Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts
Copyright Date
2007
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Haywood Ferreira, Rachel, "By Burro and by Beagle: Geographic Journeys through Time in Latin American Science Fiction" (2007). World Languages and Cultures Publications. 18.
https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/language_pubs/18