depicted in Science-Fiction The human race has come a long way since the beginning of its existence. Throughout that time‚ shared interpretations and concepts have changed profusely. The genre of science-fiction has been popular in both literature and films for centuries. Science-fiction displays aliens in many contrasting styles‚ but the very idea and wonder of aliens has always been around. The different ways writers and filmmakers portray extraterrestrials in science-fiction novels and films has
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2/12/14 Detective fiction is a genre of literature that relies on anxiety‚ intrigue‚ and mystery to captivate its audience. These elements of the genre are extremely sensitive to the means of narration because the way the reader is presented with the information directly influences the way in which he interprets the information. It is vital to the success of the genre to foster novel and innovative ways to deliver the story because the readers of detective fiction are always attempting to
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The Evolution of Science Fiction Worlds: From Frankenstein to Babel-17 One of the earliest successful science fiction stories was Frankenstein‚ written by Mary Shelley. Since the publishing of that novel‚ the world and imagery in science fiction novels that would follow would grow to encompass more expansive ideas‚ images‚ including other worlds‚ other dimensions‚ and vivid alien-like creatures to help tell these richly bizarre‚ yet human stories. In this paper‚ Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein‚ H.G
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fantasies’.1 They are stereotyped into vacuous roles such as the romantic interest‚ damsel in distress and femme fetale. Female characters are given little to no agency by white male writers and this is overt in 20th century hard-boiled American crime fiction. In the works of Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler‚ female characters exist only to serve as foils to re-emphasize the hyper-masculinity of the Continental Op and Phillip Marlowe‚ their respective detective protagonists. I put emphasise on the
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The genre of detective fiction is one that has changed significantly since its beginning during the Victorian era‚ with the scale of the crimes being committed on a larger scale nowadays and also the methods of solving crimes used by detectives. I will argue today that: “Fictional detectives that star in films and stories in the genre of detective fiction have changed dramatically in terms of their appearance and their role. Nowadays detectives can be anything from an investigative journalist to
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The story “On the Danger of Reading Fiction”‚ Thomas Jefferson clearly shows his dislike for the world of fiction novels. Jefferson has stated that fiction novels are “time lost in that reading” and thinks it should be instructively employed. It’s apparent that anyone who is a fiction novel enthusiast could indeed become offended by the comments made by Jefferson‚ but at the same time need to understand that he made those comments in an entirely different era than today’s modern way of thinking.
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Quentin Tarantino has established himself as the quintessential neo-noir film maker since the passing of Stanley Kubrick. Kubrick’s specialty was creating surrealist imagery through limited dialogue and scenes filmed in “real time”. Tarantino has transposed the film making ideologies of Kubrick by adding complex dialogue and grotesque violence. Both men captured the film making styles of their era’s with postmodern neo-noir visuals as well as dialogue that spoke to the culture of their audience.
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DRAMA For many decades‚ drama has been in our world. It gives us feelings‚ emotions‚ morality and sometimes quotes. What is drama exactly? Is it a play? An action? Or just an entertainment? Hamilton Carole in his article “the study of drama” defined Drama to be a representational art‚ a visible and audible narrative presenting virtual‚ fictional characters within a virtual‚ fictional universe. Also he stated “Dramatic realizations may pretend to approximate reality or else stubbornly defy‚ distort
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literature | | Chuck Palahniuk (on transgressive fiction)1 “The most successful books now serve us as sedatives‚ confirming the values and worldviews their readers already hold. They’re the books we read as sleeping pills at bedtime. When was the last book banned? Oh‚ how I miss the great book bonfires of my Christian youth! That’s when books had some power! When they had to be burned like witches.” In all its ambiguity‚ transgressive fiction is a genre of selective taste. This sub genre within
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military discipline and negotiation proved to be very valuable tools. The Indians respected him and while he was in charge of Jamestown was melting pot that brought the knowledge of two very different civilizations together. As in every great love story there has to be a dramatic display of love between the two main characters; therefore‚ at the end of the movie Pocahontas saves John Smith from the wrath of her vengeful father. Sorry Disney but it didn’t quite happen that way. John Smith was taken
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