mythpunk
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From myth + -punk. Coined by American fiction writer, poet, and literary critic Catherynne M. Valente in a 2006 blog post as a joke for describing her own and other works of challenging folklore-based fantasy.[1]
Noun
[edit]mythpunk (uncountable)
- A subgenre of mythic fiction that starts in folklore and myth and adds elements of postmodernist literary techniques.
- 2010, “Pinions”, in Mike Allen, editor, Clockwork Phoenix 3: New Tales of Beauty and Strangeness, Winnetka, Calif.: Norilana Books, →ISBN, page 312:
- About “To Seek Her Fortune,” she [Nicole Kornher-Stace] rather puckishly elucidates, “This story is the result of my taking the time-honored tradition of expanding a short story into a novel and running it in reverse. The novel in question is underway. (Mythpunk/steampunk/paranormal mashup! Now with about 900% more Sentient Airship!)”
- 2012, Natania Barron, Kathy Ceceri, Corrina Lawson, Jenny Williams, “Meet the Moms”, in Geek Mom: Projects, Tips, and Adventures for Moms and Their 21st-Century Families, New York, N.Y.: Potter Craft, Crown Publishing Group, →ISBN, page 12:
- Her [Natania Barron’s] first book, a mythpunk, world-hopping novel called Pilgrim of the Sky, was published in 2011; […]
References
[edit]- ^ JoSelle Vanderhooft (2011 January 24) “Mythpunk: An Interview with Catherynne M. Valente”, in Strange Horizons[1], archived from the original on 2011-01-28.
Further reading
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Mythic fiction § Mythpunk on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
