A genre study

SCIENCE FICTIONSCIENCE FICTION

Definition of genre

• Genre - "kind" or "sort", from Latin: genus (stem gener-), Greek:

genos,

is the term for any category of literature or other forms of art

or culture

– e.g. music, and any type of text, whether written or spoken,

audial or visual,

based on some set of stylistic criteria .

• “stylistic criteria” = (literary / artistic) “technical standards”

(measures / conditions / principles / norms)

• Genres are formed by conventions (rules / laws / norms / customs) that

change over time- as new genres are invented and the use of old ones

are ended.

• Often, works can fit into several genres by way of borrowing and

recombining these conventions.

• Some composers will choose to stick to the rules of a genre… some

composers will choose to s-t-r-e-t-c-h the rules of the genre… and some

composers will choose to subvert* the rules of the genre!

• subvert* = turn-upside-down

Conventions of Science Fiction

• Science fiction is difficult to define, as it includes a wide range of subgenres and themes.

• According to science fiction writer Robert A. Heinlein, "a handy short definition of almost all science fiction might read: – realistic speculation about possible future events, – based solidly on adequate knowledge of the real world,

past and present, and on – a thorough understanding of the nature and significance of

the scientific method."[12]

– Rod Serling's definition is "fantasy is the impossible made probable. Science Fiction is the improbable made possible."

– Lester del Rey wrote, "Even the devoted aficionado—or fan—has a hard time trying to explain what science fiction is", and that the reason for there not being a "full satisfactory definition" is that "there are no easily delineated limits to science fiction."

Conventions of Science Fiction and Brave New WorldIt is useful at this point to consider some common conventions of science fiction:•Verisimilitude (something that only appears to be real or true)•sense of wonder•cognitive estrangement (separation of intellectual and rational thought)•Alienation (distancing)•seeding the text (scattering the text)•lone super hero•helpless heroine•evil Villain •invented lexicon (invented language)•emotive language•info dump

http://hsc.csu.edu.au/english/extension1/genre/elect3/3726/brave_new_world.htm

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