FINAL EXAM ENGL192

What is science fiction? Provide your definition of science fiction using the texts we have read in class. What elements distinguish the science fiction genre from other genres such as speculative fiction or fantasy? What elements does science fiction have in common with these other genres? And w does it differ from them? Please focus on at least 1-2 texts we have read this quarter in your answer. Use specific examples from the texts.

How does science fiction's depiction of the human, non-human, or semi-human body challenge or redefine what we mean by the term "human"? Please focus on at least 2 texts we have read this quarter in your answer. Use specific examples from the texts.

It has been argued that science fiction’s imaginary worlds can each be situated somewhere on the continuum between the opposing poles of utopia and dystopia. Consider how several of these stories suggest futures that will be better in some ways and/or worse in some ways, than the “real” world that produced them. What do the features of these various futures suggest about the historical contexts that produced them? Please focus on at least 2 texts we have read this quarter in your answer. Use specific examples from the texts.

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