首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
考研
Many people seem to think that science fiction is typified by the covers of some of the old pulp magazines, the Bug-Eyed Monster
Many people seem to think that science fiction is typified by the covers of some of the old pulp magazines, the Bug-Eyed Monster
admin
2011-03-11
78
问题
Many people seem to think that science fiction is typified by the covers of some of the old pulp magazines, the Bug-Eyed Monster, embodying every trait and feature that most people find repulsive, is about to grab, and presumably ravish, a sweet, blonde, curvaceous, scantily clad Earth girl. This is unfortunate because it demeans and degrades a worthwhile and even important literary endeavor. In contrast to this unwarranted stereotype, science fiction rarely emphasizes sex, and when it does, it is more discreet than other contemporary fiction. Instead, the basic interest of science fiction lies in the relation between man and his technology and between man and the universe. Science fiction is a literature of change and a literature of the future, and while it would be foolish to claim that science fiction is a major literary genre at this time, the aspects of human life that it considers make it well worth reading and studying for no other literary form does quite the same things.
What is science fiction? To begin, the following definition should be helpful: science fiction is a literary subgenre which postulates a change (for human beings) from conditions as we know them and follows the implications of these changes to a conclusion. Although this definition will necessarily be modified and expanded, it covers much of the basic groundwork and provides a point of departure.
The first point-that science fiction is a literary subgenre-is a very important one, but one which is often overlooked or ignored in most discussions of science fiction. Specifically, 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 subgenre of prose fiction is to say that it has all the basic characteristics and serves the same basic functions 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 story 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 as they would be for any other story or novel.
An appropriate title for this passage would be______.
选项
A、On the Inaccuracies of Pulp Magazines
B、Toward a Definition of Science Fiction
C、A Type of Prose Fiction
D、Beyond the Bug-Eyed Monster
答案
B
解析
这是一道主旨题。本文主要说明了科幻小说的定义,介绍了它的特点、主题,指出它同其他文学作品很相似。选项中只有B可以表达此意。应选B。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/RLp4777K
0
考研英语一
相关试题推荐
By"terroristriskbecamethepariahofperils"(Paragraph1),theauthormeansIntheeyesofthewriter,thecurrentinsurance
By"terroristriskbecamethepariahofperils"(Paragraph1),theauthormeansThewriterarguesthatintheforeseeablefuture
TomanypeopletheBermudaTriangleisreallyamysterybecause______.Allofthefollowingarementionedtosuggestthatthe
ItisimpossibletomeasuretheimportanceofEdisonbyaddingupthespecificinventionswithwhichhisnameisassociated.Far
YouaresupposedtoinviteDr.Kingtomakeaspeechaboutthefuturedevelopmentofcomputerscienceattheannualconferenceo
Theuseofnuclearpowerhasalreadyspreadallovertheworld.(1)_____,scientistsstillhavenotagreedwithwhatshouldbed
Ashumanchildrenareunusuallydependentfaranunusuallylongtime,it’sobviousthateverysocietymustprovideadomesticco
Ashumanchildrenareunusuallydependentfaranunusuallylongtime,it’sobviousthateverysocietymustprovideadomesticco
Ashumanchildrenareunusuallydependentfaranunusuallylongtime,it’sobviousthateverysocietymustprovideadomesticco
随机试题
属于意外性移动的是
患者,女性,30岁,2h前不慎摔伤头部入院,患者意识不清,烦躁,阵发性抽搐,呕吐,颅脑CT示广泛性脑挫裂伤,体温39.8℃,欲给予冬眠降温疗法。下列护理措施不正确的是
与细菌侵袭力无关的结构或成分是
刘某是一个农民,某日,他的房屋被人放火烧了,损失惨重。有人告诉他,是同村的二狗子放的火。刘某向县公安局报了案并控告二狗子。可能是由于二狗子的堂兄在市里某局当领导的缘故,县公安局以没有证据证明是二狗子放的火,也没有证据证明是他人放的火为由,决定不予立案,并发
施工生产要素的质量控制中,对模具、脚手架等施工设施,除按适用的标准定型选用外,一般应按()要求进行专项设计。
若税法规定2000元为免征额,2000元以上征收20%的所得税,某人的应税所得额是2300元,那么他的应纳税额应为( )元。
被誉为“国酒”“外交酒”的是()。
市场经济中,市场经济微观基础最重要的组成部分是()。
思想是行动的先导。下列选项中思想与社会实践活动对应有误的是:
SpaceTourismSpaceTourismisthetermthat’scometobeusedtomeanordinarymembersofthepublicbuyingticketstotrave
最新回复
(
0
)