Fiction

Frankenstein: Science, Science Fiction, or Autobiography? In this evaluation, I will consider Sherry Ginn’s assessment that while the novel contains autobiographical details, it is actually a work of science fiction. Sherry Ginn, an Assistant Professor of Psychology and the Director of Women’s Studies at Wingate University in North Carolina, relates the many similarities in the Mary Shelley’s personal life and her novel Frankenstein. Ginn concludes that the novel is Science Fiction and relates…

Gothic fiction in television has taken the world by storm. Everyday there is something that relates to the gothic side of society. Television shows have such a great impact on society that anywhere a person looks, there is always someone talking about things that happen on television that they almost cannot avoid hearing about it. Any television show is going to have an impact on people in general, but some have a greater affect than others. Eric Kripke, the master mind behind the hit television…

Frankenstein As a Science Fiction Frankenstein is a novel written by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley in 1880. Mary Shelley based her story on scientific breakthroughs and thus gave a plausible account of the science of her time.Basically Frankenstein is a novel that deals with the effects of science on humanity. Combining the concepts of supernatural and science fiction, the novel explores the theme of human progress and degradation as a result of newly brought opportunities and discoveries. The…

more. The style of the literature determines what genre it is. Background Sci-Fi (Science Fiction) is a type of genre that is fiction based. It is made up of several future characteristics, scientific technology that is not yet possible and with huge social and environmental changes such as time travel and life on other planets. Science Fiction is able to give you an idea of what the future can look like and what types of technology could be invented. Sci-Fi…

Group-Generated WFQ: How does detective fiction build tension through the use of clues and disguises? How is structural tension built with these elements of detective fiction? Hot and Cold Trails Clues and disguises build structural tension in detective fiction by throwing off the reader, tossing them back and forth between clarity of mind and clouded judgment, like the push and pull of ocean waves. Clues often allow the reader to start to unravel a mystery in their mind while disguises are…

depictions, however, are accurate portrayals of the reality of the situations featured in the given film; in those cases, the work reflects a version of the truth altered by the filmmaker and accepted by the audience. In Quentin Tarantino’s film Pulp Fiction, the use of hyperreal violence and racial stereotypes reflects upon the attitudes of modern American society. By the 1990’s, a number of filmmakers had taken to hyperreal violence for use as a critical cinematic device. Though Tarantino…

Gothic fiction or Gothicism is a genre or a type of literature and films that is literally a combination of horrors and fictions and even romance at times it also includes death and supernaturalism. It was known to be introduced by a famous Victorian writer Horace Walpole during the 17th century with his famous and well known book The Castle of Otranto also known as the Gothic Story. When he used the word gothic it literally meant something like ‘barbarous’, as well as ‘deriving from the Middle…

Abraham Lincoln the Vampire Hunter is historical fiction. It is similar but different what is recorded in our history. They are similar because they have the Civil War, the difference is the South is the vampire species. Also similar Abe's son died from Typhoid Fever, while in the movie it was do to a vampire bite. Next, Abe's mom dies from Milk sickness. In the movie she also died from a vampire bite. I think that this could have happened in history. Reason one for my belief is, although…

Young adult fiction has become a popular and often controversial genre in recent media. The genre encompasses fiction published for readers from 12 to 18 years of age, yet can contain sensitive and complex topics such as suicide, self-harm and death. Such novels have been widely criticised by parents and primary care givers in an attempt to protect their children from the seemingly macabre subject matter contained within. In spite or because of that, it is posited that adolescents should indeed…

What do you believe the best genre is for literacy? Well, I believe that fiction is the one that interest me the most. Three reasons why I think fiction has changed my perspective in literacy is the creativity, my brother, and the Hunger Games series. People might not like fiction because people don’t like stories that are just too crazy such as like Star Wars (which everyone does like even though it’s fiction). Fiction is something that can just be really fun to read/write because of the…