Literary Genres – Science Fiction

Literature 8 – Mrs. Munnier

Science Fiction

• Is a genre of fiction• Involves elements of science – the stories

always involve both partially true and partially fictitious laws or theories of science

• Is almost always set in the future

Science Fiction

• Is never completely believable. (If the plot, characters, and setting were completely believable, the genre would be easily confused with fantasy.)

Science Fiction

• The plots create different situations than those that would have been possible in the past, and those that would be possible in the present. Think “futuristic.”

Science Fiction

Includes a human element and seeks to explain the effects that new developments may have on mankind in the future.

Early Works of Science Fiction

• The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells

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• 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne

More Modern Science Fiction

• Titles include Brave New World by Alduous Huxley and 1984 by George Orwell.

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