Speculative fiction is a genre of literature that explores worlds that are different from the real world in a specific or purposeful way. The sequence of events presented in speculative fiction is often like events possible in the real world, but fantastic enough to seem equally impossible. “The key emphasis in this definition is on speculative representation of what would happen had the actual chain of causes or the matrix of reality- conditions been replaced with other conditions” (Gill 73). This
Speculative fiction books can be described as books that allow readers to enter worlds of pure imagination. It is also referred to as nonrealistic fiction and includes fantasy, horror, and science fiction. Many of these types of books include futuristic settings and ideas. Speculative fiction books also often include imaginative worlds and possibilities that draw a reader away from the real world. It is for this reason that speculative fiction has become an incredibly popular genre and young adults
Features of Dystopian and Speculative Fiction in The Handmaid’s Tale and Never Let Me Go The Handmaid’s Tale, Canadian writer Margaret Atwood’s sixth novel which was first published in 1985 is as controversial as Japanese-born novelist Kazuo Ishiguro’s Never Let Me Go that was published for the first time in 2005 in the sense that both works have been the subject of great debate about their genres. The Handmaid’s Tale has been labelled as a science fiction novel by critics like David Langford and
a girl named Jenny, and when they play a prank that sends Jenny, and when they play a prank that sends the town into chaos. A war is started and it is up to them to help stop it. I thought that The Eleventh Plague was a believable piece of Speculative Fiction because of Hirsch's use of elements of Conflict, Theme, and Red Herrings. Hirsch helps make his story believable by adding some conflict that some people can relate to, Bullying. On page 105 Will the bully told Stephen “What are you doing here”
Think of a story that takes our world and changes it into something we all wish for, or something no one would ever believe happening. This is what we call speculative fiction. It is a story that is pure fiction whether it is about zombies, horror, utopias, or an alternative history. Both stories show speculative fiction well. “Marionettes, Inc.” has two main characters. The characters had both gone out to drink with each other and were returning home. One of the characters is named Barling he is
How The Others and Nosferatu Establish a Genre and Narrative In this essay I am going to compare and discuss the ways in which the opening titles of Frederich Murnau's Nosferatu and Alejandro Amenabar's The Others establish horror genre and narrative. The two films differ a great deal and hopefully I will be able to describe each one in detail. Although both Nosferatu and The Others are stereotypically horror films they each have their own purpose and ways to put horror across to the
Originally My essay was structured to compare the Pirates of the Caribbean series with a horror movie. However, watching the movies I realized this comparison could not be made in the sense as originally thought. This is in which I made the realization that it was after all a Disney movie. The series is rated PG13, meaning all element of gore and horror could not be used in the same conventions as a horror movie. Because when thinking about it, the elements of horror are there, Curses, Walking skeletons
How Do HG Wells And SusanHill Create Tension In The Ghost Stories The Red Room, And Farthing House. The two stories I am going to be comparing are 'The Red Room' by H.G Wells and 'Farthing House by Susan Hill. Both 'The Red Room', and 'Farthing House', are typical horror stories in a way in which blood, guts and gore do not come into. The stories were written almost 100 years apart. Despite the 100-year gap there are still many similarities. 'The Red Room' was written in 1896, whereas 'Farthing
The purpose of this essay is to discuss how three Victorian writers use the features of Gothic horror to create an atmosphere of foreboding in their short stories. The three stories I will be exploring are The Yellow Wallpaper, The Red Room and The Monkey’s Paw. The red room uses the most traditional gothic horror features. It is exactly like gothic horror because it is set in “Lorraine castle” which has been “abandoned for 18 months”. This is scary because there is old furniture, statues, lots
fascinating read to entertain them. However, what is interesting is that classic has 13% of people reading these books. However it is not very specific about what kind of classical books that these people are reading. This is also the case for General Fiction, which has 17% where it is not specific enough to specify what kind of genre is entertaining and applicable for readers that are interesting for them. However, unlike item 1.6 the horror genre and the Sci-Fi genre did not seem to make it on the list
According to Fig.1.3 the responses collected by this questionnaire establishes that some people believe that Classical Literature – as in Gothic Literature- appears to not be as popular as 21st century Horror Literature. This was targeted at different audiences of 16 to 45 indicating that it goes against the prejudice that younger generations go for modern texts and older generations go for classical texts. Fig 1.3 The term ‘Other’ indicates other genres like Sci-Fi, Fantasy etc. being better
Nineteenth Century Short Stories and the Gothic Genre The three short stories that I have chosen to compare and contrast are: The Signalman by Charles Dickens, An Arrest by Ambrose Bearcy and Napoleon and the Spectre by Charlotte Brontë. All these stories were completed by the mid to late eighteenth hundreds. The Signalman is set by a railway in Britain, along a lonely stretch of a railway line in a steep cutting. An Arrest is set in America and for the most part in a forest. Napoleon
Fictional literature can be categorized into many different genres: drama, romance, science fiction, tragedy, comedy, horror, and gothic. Gothic fiction borrows from horror by sampling mystery, dire setting, and chilling architecture. Romance is sampled in gothic fiction by the use of characters, firm emotions, and misguided love. Greenblatt writes, " Gothic became a label for the macabre, mysterious, supernatural, and terrifying, especially the pleasurably terrifying, in literature generally; the
Horror in Susan Hill's The Woman in Black and H.G. Wells' The Red Room As with all things, the gothic horror genre of literature did not begin at one definable point, but evolved gradually. Gothic horror evolved out of gothic fiction (as opposed to classical fiction, for example the novels of Jane Austen), before establishing itself as a genre in its own right. However, many literary scholars and critics would point to "The Castle of Otranto", written by Horace Walpole and first published
Super natural appearances and effects, such as ghost’s and monsters are a part of all people’s deepest fears whether they want to admit it or not. The elements of Gothic literature tap into our need for the agony between what’s real and what’s fantasy. I even think that it releases and reflects our need to search for the identity of our inner Gothic. Now a days Gothic is looked at as a way people dress and being weird almost in a way of it being a disease in the brain. Gothics weren't always perceived
Determining Audience"). The audience influences every decision a writer makes about what is shared, how it is shared, and the supporting details necessary for the reader to comprehend it all (“Writing for Your Audience”). For example, readers of speculative fiction enjoy scenarios that push the boundaries of the imagination where anything can happen while young children who read poetry may need rhythmic language and strong imagery to help them connect with it.
Before assessing whether or not Gothic Literature is losing its popularity, the responses gathered from the questionnaire is that some people decided that Gothic Literature is not losing its popularity because they believe that it may be in its prime or is becoming even bigger than beforehand in the 18th/19th century. However, an adequate percentage of people feel that Gothic Literature is losing its popularity maybe because people feel that it is not as popular as other genres which they feel are
science and horror fiction are grouped together under the general category of science fiction. This seems to be common among literature in terms of convenience of organization, however, it truly is inaccurate and the two classifications should not be grouped as one. While each genre may interweave elements of the other into the piece, they each have their own set of rules, and therefore, they should each be considered separate. There is one primary reason why science fiction and horror are not one
They have the courage to present ideas nobody thought before, even if they are complex. Innovative writers are unconventional and break the norm (). Margaret Atwood, the author of The Handmaid’s Tale, has impacted science fiction, feminism, and dystopia and taken speculative fiction to the next level with her books (). Harper Lee’s book, To Kill a Mockingbird, published in 1960, touched sensitive issues like the Civil Rights of black people (). The Innovative author is revolutionary because he or she
Maxine Hong Kingston's No Name Woman "A highly fictive text [whose non-fiction label gives] the appearance of being an actual representation of Asian American experience in the broader public sphere." (Gloria Chun, "The High Note") Such a disparaging remark about the misleading nature of Maxine Hong Kingston's The Woman Warrior has been readily refuted, notably by Leilani Nishime, who proposes in her essay "Engendering Genre..." that it is a text that transcends genre confines; it challenges