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MODULE A: Genre
This module requires students to explore and evaluate notions of genre. It develops their understanding of the conventions and values associated with generic forms. (Reread English Stage 6 Syllabus 
, p 89)
Introduction to Elective 3: Science Fiction
In this elective students explore texts that represent a spectrum of imagined worlds. Developments in science and technology, and their acceptance as progress, are at the core of science fiction. Science fiction texts may challenge the degree of acceptance of science and technology, and provoke controversy and debate about possibilities and the ramifications for humanity. These texts present a dynamic range of concerns, styles and textual forms. Science fiction texts reflect changing contexts and values. They may experiment with aspects of time and challenge and disrupt traditional perspectives on human form, morality, behaviour and power.
In this elective students are required to study at least three of the prescribed texts, two of which must be print texts, as well as other texts of their own choosing. In their responding and composing they explore, analyse, experiment with and critically evaluate their prescribed texts and a range of other examples of this genre. They explore the diversity within the science fiction genre in a range of contexts and media.
Prose Fiction
- Herbert, Frank, Dune, Hodder/Hachette, 2006, ISBN-13: 9780340839935
- Gibson, William, Neuromancer, Voyager/HarperCollins, 1996, ISBN-13: 9780006480419
- Huxley, Aldous, Brave New World, Random House, 2004, ISBN-13: 9780099458166 or Huxley, Aldous, Brave New World, Vintage/ Random House, 2008, ISBN: 9780099518471
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Film
- Kubrick, Stanley, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Warner Bros, 1968
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