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Science Fiction And Fantasy
eBook - The Distinction Of Genres In 'Frankenstein','The War Of The Worlds' And 'Dracula'
ISBN/EAN: 9783656702023
Umbreit-Nr.: 4451793
Sprache:
Englisch
Umfang: 16 S., 0.52 MB
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Erschienen am 23.07.2014
Auflage: 1/2014
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- Zusatztext
- 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? Inthis study, I would like to discuss why it is impossible to clearly draw a linebetween these two genres. In order to do so, I am going to focus on thejustification of the unreal, respectively, the supernatural elements of astory. I shall be discussing why a text can be considered a science fictiontext or a fantasy text and why, in some cases, there is no clear answer tothe question of which genre a text is belongs to. While one might answer thetwo questions put at the beginning of this study rather quickly by stating arule 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 avery broad definition. It is thus necessary to go into detail, which I am goingto do. In order to investigate what, apart from the technical and the magicalelements, are the characteristics of the respective genres mentioned at thebeginning, I am going to give the definitions of these terms which can befound in standard reference texts. In order to go into detail, I shall add moreinformation from academic literature about the fantastic genre, which bothscience fiction and fantasy are part of. I would then like to go a step furtherby testing the definitions with the help of three texts H.G. Wells's TheWar of the Worlds as an example for the science fiction genre and BramStoker's Dracula as an example for a fantasy text. In addition, I shall bediscussing Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley's Frankenstein. In this text, thereare elements of both science fiction and of fantasy. After this, I would like toconclude my study.Any selection of texts will necessarily be arbitrary, as it is impossibleto include everything into a study like this. I chose three texts fromapproximately the same period, as this will provide a sound basis. Inaddition, these texts are widely known, and there is generally no disputeover the fact that they are part of the fantastic genre.
- Kurztext
- 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? Inthis study, I would like to discuss why it is impossible to clearly draw a linebetween these two genres. ...