Science Fiction And Fantasy (PDF)
The Distinction Of Genres In "Frankenstein", "The War Of The Worlds" And "Dracula"
(Sprache: Englisch)
Seminar paper from the year 2013 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, grade: 2,0, University of Trier, language: English, abstract: What makes a text a science fiction text? What makes it a fantasy text? In
this study, I...
this study, I...
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Seminar paper from the year 2013 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, grade: 2,0, University of Trier, language: English, abstract: What makes a text a science fiction text? What makes it a fantasy text? In
this study, I would like to discuss why it is impossible to clearly draw a line
between these two genres. In order to do so, I am going to focus on the
"justification" of the unreal, respectively, the supernatural elements of a
story. I shall be discussing why a text can be considered a science fiction
text or a fantasy text - and why, in some cases, there is no clear answer to
the question of which genre a text is belongs to. While one might answer the
two questions put at the beginning of this study rather quickly by stating a
rule of thumb - scientific elements make a text a science fiction text,
magical ones make it a fantasy text - it is obvious that this would lead to a
very broad definition. It is thus necessary to go into detail, which I am going
to do. In order to investigate what, apart from the technical and the magical
elements, are the characteristics of the respective genres mentioned at the
beginning, I am going to give the definitions of these terms which can be
found in standard reference texts. In order to go into detail, I shall add more
information from academic literature about the fantastic genre, which both
science fiction and fantasy are part of. I would then like to go a step further
by testing the definitions with the help of three texts - H.G. Wells's The
War of the Worlds as an example for the science fiction genre and Bram
Stoker's Dracula as an example for a fantasy text. In addition, I shall be
discussing Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley's Frankenstein. In this text, there
are elements of both science fiction and of fantasy. After this, I would like to
conclude my study.
Any selection of texts will necessarily be arbitrary, as it is impossible
to include everything into a study like this. I chose three texts from
approximately the same period, as this will provide a sound basis. In
addition, these texts are widely known, and there is generally no dispute
over the fact that they are part of the fantastic genre.
this study, I would like to discuss why it is impossible to clearly draw a line
between these two genres. In order to do so, I am going to focus on the
"justification" of the unreal, respectively, the supernatural elements of a
story. I shall be discussing why a text can be considered a science fiction
text or a fantasy text - and why, in some cases, there is no clear answer to
the question of which genre a text is belongs to. While one might answer the
two questions put at the beginning of this study rather quickly by stating a
rule of thumb - scientific elements make a text a science fiction text,
magical ones make it a fantasy text - it is obvious that this would lead to a
very broad definition. It is thus necessary to go into detail, which I am going
to do. In order to investigate what, apart from the technical and the magical
elements, are the characteristics of the respective genres mentioned at the
beginning, I am going to give the definitions of these terms which can be
found in standard reference texts. In order to go into detail, I shall add more
information from academic literature about the fantastic genre, which both
science fiction and fantasy are part of. I would then like to go a step further
by testing the definitions with the help of three texts - H.G. Wells's The
War of the Worlds as an example for the science fiction genre and Bram
Stoker's Dracula as an example for a fantasy text. In addition, I shall be
discussing Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley's Frankenstein. In this text, there
are elements of both science fiction and of fantasy. After this, I would like to
conclude my study.
Any selection of texts will necessarily be arbitrary, as it is impossible
to include everything into a study like this. I chose three texts from
approximately the same period, as this will provide a sound basis. In
addition, these texts are widely known, and there is generally no dispute
over the fact that they are part of the fantastic genre.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Christoph Ewen
- 2014, 1. Auflage, 16 Seiten, Englisch
- Verlag: GRIN Verlag
- ISBN-10: 3656702020
- ISBN-13: 9783656702023
- Erscheinungsdatum: 23.07.2014
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