Speculative Fiction Discovery is at the heart of Speculative Fiction. Yet resistance is also crucial. Speculative Fiction is a term‚ which categorises a number of sub- genres such as fantasy‚ science fiction‚ horror and dystopia. Each of these sub-genres investigates the classic question of “What if?” and uses the imagination as a tool to explore fictional realities. At the heart of speculative fiction lies the essence of discovery to drive a unique plot separate from the reader’s everyday
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metafiction in their re-writing of the history of Pakistan and India in the early- and mid-twentieth century. An example of historiographic metafiction is Daphne Marlatt’s novel Ana Historic. It is the process of re-writing history through a work of fiction in a way that has not been previously recorded. In Marlatt’s novel‚ this is achieved through journal entries of a fictional character who represents a form of reality for women both in the past and in the present. Often‚ historiographic metafiction
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own world. In the process of creating a story whether fictional or real‚ aspects of reality are normally inserted. This may be purely for entertainment purposes‚ or to insert elements of historical accuracy. The analysis of the extent of truth and fiction in the character and film Pocahontas presents a clearer understanding of the authentic nature of film. From the onset‚ it is apparent
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Global Warming - Fact or Fiction? - Speech The Earth is rapidly heating up or is it? If it is‚ the next few decades may witness Biblical scenes of rising temperatures‚ crop failures‚ flooding and the extinction of different species. On the other hand‚ increases of Carbon Dioxide in our atmosphere may well encourage plants and trees to thrive like never before. Whom can you believe? One thing is certain the debate on climate change and Global Warming is heating up. It is surely right for
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Margaret Atwood’s novel “Oryx and Crake” is a thought provoking speculative fiction novel‚ published in 2003. Margaret Atwood was born in Ontario‚ Canada‚ where she was raised with her mother‚ a nutritionist‚ and her father‚ an entomologist. As a result of her father’s continuing research in entomology‚ Atwood spent most of her childhood in the backwoods of Quebec‚ reading Dell map books‚ or Grim Fairy-Tales and comic books. With such an early interest in literature‚ she began writing at a young
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Cited: Johnson‚ Greg. “Studies in Short Fiction.” Gilman’s Gothic Allegory: Rage and Redemption in “The Yellow Wallpaper” Vol. 26 Issue 4: 521-530. Academic Search Complete. Web. February 18‚ 2011 Dear Sara‚ I am writing this letter to tell you what I thought about your character analysis
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The Trojan War Fact or Fiction? The Trojan War. Confined totally to the pages of Homer’s The Illiad‚ the indulgent fantasy of a Greek poet who lived over two and a half thousand years ago- or a historic fact at the centre of the most famous quarrel ever? The Illiad is the ancient tale of a mighty city called Troy that lay at the edge of Asia Minor whose prince abducted Helen‚ the most beautiful woman of all time‚ from the king of Greek Sparta‚ causing the Greeks to send an army in a thousand
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Moll Flanders: Fact or Fiction? Although Daniel Defoe endeavors to portray Moll Flanders as an autobiography and convince readers that the sordid affairs of Moll actually occurred‚ readers can find through the reading of his work that Moll Flanders is undoubtedly a completely fictional character. It can be evidenced in the preface and mainly in the dichotomous nature of Moll that she could not possibly be a real person and is just a fictional character. Defoe betrays the credibility of Moll as
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If my mother is telling the truth‚ I’ve been a magnet for the paranormal since childhood. I’ve told her stories of the little girl I saw in a supposedly-deserted hotel hallway‚ the shadowy figure in my bedroom door‚ and the tiny hat-wearing ghost I spotted in my bathroom mirror. She believed in that sort of thing more than I did‚ even if I was the one to experience it all. I was skeptical‚ and I wouldn’t admit to myself that these “ghosts” could be real at all. The ghosts I saw were startling but
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two literary narratives by Octavia Butler‚ Parable of the Sower (1993) and Parable of the Talents (1998) that elucidate the intersection of three fields in Western thought: the notion of utopia‚ feminist politics and theory‚ and feminist science fiction. This intersection is crucial for feminists in that it provides tools for negotiating difference within feminist politics. I lay out the dynamics within Octavia Butler’s feminist utopian/dystopian writing that define her concept of “utopia” as both
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