Genre fiction

The mixed genre of science fiction and parody is a complex form of entertainment that has a lot of uses. This mixed genre will always follow a standard form. The science fiction will use its strange and unfamiliar characteristics to separate the audience from the topic. These characteristics could be things like aliens, robots, or multiple timeline paradoxes. The parody will then come in with a punchline and explain the situation in a blatant way. This could be a hilariously clueless President, a government futilely throwing ice cubes into the ocean to stop global warming, or a timeline in which someone is shot and someone gets lit on fire in the time it takes to get a pizza. This pattern of separation and explanation is what makes it possible…

Science fiction as a literary genre has come a long way from Verne's search for the center of the earth and Wells' travel through time in his time machine. Contemporary science fiction is more willing to challenge the limits of possibilities and more eager to push the boundaries of human imagination. More importantly, science fiction often acts as a precursor to scientific thought, and forebodes new research; projects such as Google Glass can be traced to similar ideas presented much earlier in…

Introduction Statement of inquiry: The genre of a text determines the way the characters, setting and themes are constructed. Genre is a technique that is constantly used in all literature, such as music, films and art. Each piece of literature is put into a genre category. Such as Sci-Fi, drama, comedy and many 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…

The novel Never Cry Again by Jim Cole is written in the historical fiction genre. The protagonist, Drew (Andrew George Simmons), has had a rough life since birth and his struggles seem to worsen with time. Drew's life starts in a brothel where he is cared for by Maude, the brothel's maid, and by the congregation at a nearby church. Even though it was rare for this time period, the all African American congregation at Ebenezer Church of God in Jesus Christ accepted caucasion Drew. Although loved…

Game of Thrones is an ideal example of why the mass media is drawn to the apocalyptic-fiction genre and can be attributed to the connection between fiction and reality. Internally, within the mind, there is a psychological interest in endings and the end of the world. Externally, there is interest regarding historical events and personal religious beliefs. The apocalypse-fiction genre in modern media continues to become increasingly popular because many books and shows, such as George R.R.…

Crime fiction television shows from different countries portray the contrasting values and cultural ideologies societies of differing nations possess. A nation’s context greatly influences the crime fiction programs that it creates; current events occurring within a country and the contemporary issues that they deal with all shape the shows they produce. The American drama “Breaking Bad”, England’s “Sherlock Holmes” as well as the Australian show “Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries”, all demonstrate…

travel writing piece when it is simply historically based and not based on personal experience, but whether it should be banned from the genre because of this is an altogether different discussion. Travel writing allows a reader to gain a deeper perspective into another culture usually from a firsthand account, allowing them a deeper understanding than might be gained on the internet or flipping through a travel magazine. As Jenny Diski so aptly points out in “Skating to Antarctica, “I…

that if we did, it would be easier than what we’ve been doing. Woman: No more liquor stores? Man: What we’ve been talkin’ about? Yeah, no more liquored stores. The shots so far have been very simple, the characters are seen speaking from the side, and speaking alone individually in the shot. As the dialogue becomes more intense, close ups on the individuals speaking begin to increase. After some intense dialogue, the camera has gotten much closer to the man and woman, until finally they come to…

Are you ready to sink your teeth into HBO’s new television series, Westworld? HBO’s pride is on the line. And with all the hype that comes with this science fiction drama series, is it going to trump Game of Thrones? Set in the future, Westworld is a science fiction Western thriller series by Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy. Originally based on a 1973 movie by writer Michael Crichton, HBO pulls in the dark side. So why should you watch it? 1.It is a dark odyssey about the dawn of artificial…

Literature is one of the most influential tools in history. Within the vast world of literature, there are many different genres of writing that can affect the world in varying ways. There are genres such as non-fiction, mystery, sci-fi, romance, etc. Yet there are great writers in history that would argue that another, much shorter type of literature can be seen as superior to these genres, and most certainly very important. This genre would be poetry, and many great poets such as Marianne…