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What

is

science

fiction?

To

begin

with,

the

following

definition

should

be

helpful:

science fiction is a literary sub-class which requires a change (for human beings) from

conditions

as

we

know

them

and

follow

the

implications

of

these

changes

to

a

conclusion. Although this definition will necessarily be modified, and expanded, and

probably

changed,

in

the

course

of

this

exploration,

it

conveys

much

of

the

basic

groundwork and provides a point of departure.

The first point

—

that science fiction is a literary sub-class

—

is a very important

one,

but

one

which

is

often

overlooked

or

ignored

in

most

discussions

of

science

fiction. Specially, science fiction is a sub-class of prose fiction, for nearly every piece

of science fiction is either a short story or a novel. There are only a few dramas which

could

be

called

science

fiction,

with

Karel

Capek

’

s

RUR

(Rossum

’

s

Universal

Robots)

being

the

only

one

that

is

well

known;

the

body

of

poetry

that

might

be

labeled science fiction is only slightly larger. To say that science fiction is a sub-class

of prose fiction is to say that it has all the basic characteristics and serves the same

basic function in much the same way as prose fiction in general

—

that is, it shares a

great deal with all other novels and short stories.

Everything

that

can

be

said

about

prose

fiction,

in

general,

applies

to

science

fiction. Every piece of science fiction, whether short or novel, must have a narrator, a

story,

a

plot,

a

setting,

characters,

language,

and

theme.

And

like

any

prose,

the

themes

of

science

fiction

are

concerned

with

interpreting

man

’

s

nature

and

experience

in

relation

to

the

world

around

him.

Themes

in

science

fiction

are

constructed and presented in exactly the same ways that themes are dealt with in any

other kind of fiction. They are the result of a particular combination of narrator, story,

plot, character, setting, and language. In short, the reasons for reading and enjoying

science fiction, and the ways of studying and analyzing it are basically the same they

would be for any other story or novel.

1. Science fiction is called a literary sub-class because it ______.

A) has limits of its own

B) cannot be made into a dramatic presentation

C) is not important enough to be a literary form

D) shares characteristics with other types of prose fiction

2.

Which

of

the

following

does

NOT

usually

contribute

to

the

theme

in

a

piece

of

science fiction?

A) Narrator. B) Setting. C) Rhyme. D) Plot.

3. An appropriate title for the passage would be ______.

A) On the Dramatic Features of Science Fiction

B) Toward a Definition of Science Fiction

C) Science Fiction vs Prose Fiction

D) The Themes of Prose Fiction

4. The author

’

s definition suggests that all science fiction deals with ______.