sub-genres of science fiction literature Introduction Science Fiction is a literary genre that deals with imaginative writing and incorporates elements that originate from science or scientific rudiments. It belongs to the category of speculative fiction and usually explores the impact of science and technology on the society. Science fiction has been a major literary genre consisting of various sub-genres and themes within it. A complete and inclusive definition of science fiction is difficult.
Literature is the mirror of world that has no end, but it is the reflection of human life. Literature is the broadest sense of writing. It is the writing of art form with intellectual value. Literature represents a language of a people, culture and tradition. Literature is more important than a historical or a cultural artifact. Literature introduces people to new worlds of experience. Literature is the term derived from Latin word, “literature/litterautra”, which means ‘writing formed with
The movie is undoubtedly shaped with best CGI disasters and visual simulation technologies that give a chance to people to mix fact and fiction imaginatively. After coming of the digital, science fiction films are most benefitted since earlier visualization of destroying the entire city only exist in imagination but now with the developments in the film making techniques have made it possible for the spectacles accompanying
is one of the many comical moments over the course of the novel, despite the surprisingly serious themes explored in it. Adams questions meaning and significance in the universe throughout the novel, and belittles the importance of human along the way. At a time when science fiction was near its peak in popularity, Douglas Adams used his experience in television and radio comedy to write the satirical classic The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, in which he explored similar themes as his contemporaries
Science is a very methodical and slow subject and nothing like it is displayed in movies and novel. In today's culture scientist are usually just brainy, antisocial, and crazy people. In today's movies they find a cure for the unimaginably harsh disease in mere hours just because the main hero demands it, or they pull out a crazy unprecedented gun or gadget just so the hero can look cool while on the mission saving the world. These are all just fantasies about science, and this is made possible by
context of great fear and after his participation in the Spanish civil war, Orwell decided to write 1984 to fight against totalitarianism this time not with guns but with writing. The author criticized the world he has lived in by the use of science fiction but the lack of knowledge with reference to the USSR and his political opinions have had a great impact on his work. Moreover, the common
The Sentinel: is there life out there? Written only a few years after the nuclear bombs released on Hiroshima and Nagasaki finished World War II, Arthur C. Clarke’s “The Sentinel” comprises several themes that would become common in Cold War science fiction. Reflecting a collective fear that civilization might totally end itself through atomic conflict, numerous writers regarded the arrival of an atomic age as being a general right of passage for any civilization. While harnessing atomic reactions
Mainly people think zombies are all science fiction and could never happen. Also many people aren’t prepared enough for the scenario of a zombie “apocalypse.” Lastly, no one actually knows what a zombie might look like or how the disease would spread. These are just a few of the reasons we are not ready for a zombie apocalypse. So are zombies real or not? According to many T.V. shows, movies, and books, yes. Since people think zombies only exist in fiction, they don’t take a zombie apocalypse scenario
This essay will examine how gothic fiction is very deeply embedded in the culture and time period in which it was produced. This will be studied through looking at Mary Shelley’s novel Frankenstein and Horace Walpole’s novel The Castle of Otranto. With gothic fiction being produced during the age of enlightenment, the novels reflect a culture period of intellectualism that prised scientific enquiry and also questions morals and religion. Thus the period departed from the previous social system which
The excitement and involvement that the rocket team brought to Huntsville, Alabama ignited a new passion in the community for understanding and creating a connection to the science community and building a strong sense of innovation in the community. Von Braun and his team were able to create an environment where they were active in the community sharing and explaining their ideas to the general public. By reaching out to the members of Huntsville, Alabama, Von Braun and his team were able to carve