PPT-Contemporary Fiction:

Research amp Resources Frederic Murray Assistant Professor MLIS University of British Columbia BA Political Science University of Iowa Instructional Services Librarian Al Harris Library . Landscape & people: an intro. Recent South African Fiction: Cape Town . City Center. Table Mountain. False Bay. Cape Point. Nature Reserve. Table Bay & Harbor. Devil’s Peak. Camps Bay. Sea Point. Week of September 17, 2012. What’s the difference?. Science Fiction. Planets. Alien. Flying, talking animals in space. Light sabers. Space ships coming out of the . TV. robots. Realistic Fiction. Might really happen. The Elements of Fiction. S. etting: the time, place, and general environment in which a piece of fiction occurs.. Characterization: the method an author uses to help the reader understand the characters.. The Elements of Fiction. S. etting: the time, place, and general environment in which a piece of fiction occurs.. Characterization: the method an author uses to help the reader understand the characters.. Nanoethics Lecture IX. Roderick T. Long. Auburn Dept. of Philosophy. Origin of Science Fiction. As a distinctive literary genre, science fiction originates in the 19. th. century. Why?. Origin of Science Fiction. Poetry. Drama. Genres of . Imaginative Literature. Genre . means class or type.. If you've ever studied science, you know another word for classifications, . genus. , from the same Latin root. . In the arts, genre classifications are usually related to characteristics of style, form, and presentation. For example, fiction typically is read silently, poetry read aloud, and drama performed on stage. Literature that is out of this World. Definition of Science Fiction. Prose writing. Presents the possibilities of the past or the future. Uses known scientific data and theories. Uses creative imagination of the writer. Types of prose fiction. flash fiction : a work of fewer than 2,000 words.. short story: at least 2,000 words but under 7,500 words (5-25 pages).. novelette: at least 7,500 words but under 17,500 words. (25-60 pages).. 1910 - 1930. Beginning of the Modern Age . (1910 –1930) . 20. th. Century—growth of population and power of the U.S.. Beginning of the Modern Age. . Problems with wars, depression, . society. Beginning of the Modern Age. 3 November 2016. Pippa Goldschmidt, STIS. Series of five workshops:. 26 Oct – planning for your thesis. 3 Nov – fiction writing. 23 Nov – writing sentences and paragraphs. 1. Feb – first draft vs editing. Historical fiction is . fiction. set in . the past. . It contains a rich. . mixture. of . fact. and . fiction. . . What is Historical Fiction?. Through novels and short stories, an author may . combine. **FICTION:. Point . of View-. the perspective or vantage point from which the story is told. . 3 main kinds . of POV:. *. First Person: . the narrator is a character in the story. We see the story through his/her eyes. . Fiction and Non-Fiction. Genres of literature are divided into (2) categories. Non-Fictions are informational texts dealing with real-life subjects. Real or Actual. Fictions are narrative literary works produced by the imagination. Naoko OHRI . WGS M.A. Program. Introduction to L&G/Q Studies. 5/3/2018. . contents. Why Japanese Queer Fiction?. The Purpose of This Course (*See the syllabus handed out). The List of Texts. 　.