Sentences with phrase «fiction genres as»

Taught by established professional authors, the course offers the chance to work in a wide variety of fiction genres as well as specialize in any of the major forms — prose fiction, poetry, theatre & radio script or screenplay.

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19th century, archaeological finds (e.g. earth and timber fortifications and towns, the use of a plaster - like cement, ancient roads, metal points and implements, copper breastplates, head - plates, textiles, pearls, native North American inscriptions, North American elephant remains etc.) is not interpreted by mainstream academia as proving the historicity or divinity of the Book of Mormon.This evidence is viewed by mainstream scholars as a work of fiction that parallels others within the 19th century «Mound - builder» genre that were pervasive at the time.

Nor are there separate articles on literary forms and genres» such as fiction, drama, poetry» all of which have gone through interesting and important changes and developments in Islamic lands in the modern period.

For although Austen can be legitimately claimed as the formal forerunner of the vulgar romance fiction now clogging whole sections of the world's bookstores, her own novels far transcend the very genre she is supposed to have inaugurated ¯ and precisely because of the moral vision that came from her upbringing and which has now, it would seem, all but disappeared in the wake of Sitcom World.

As Thomas Woodman points out: «In recent years the rise of postmodernist fiction and of such modes as «magic realism» [as exemplified most obviously by Latin American authors such as Gabriel Garcia Marquez] have called into question the whole privileging of realism in the novel genre.&raquAs Thomas Woodman points out: «In recent years the rise of postmodernist fiction and of such modes as «magic realism» [as exemplified most obviously by Latin American authors such as Gabriel Garcia Marquez] have called into question the whole privileging of realism in the novel genre.&raquas «magic realism» [as exemplified most obviously by Latin American authors such as Gabriel Garcia Marquez] have called into question the whole privileging of realism in the novel genre.&raquas exemplified most obviously by Latin American authors such as Gabriel Garcia Marquez] have called into question the whole privileging of realism in the novel genre.&raquas Gabriel Garcia Marquez] have called into question the whole privileging of realism in the novel genre.»

But for decades they've been central to science fiction, fantasy and horror, which the literati dismiss as genre fiction, and so beneath contempt.

Which is that science fiction, the genre that lit the way for a nervous mankind as it crept through the shadows of the 20th century, has suddenly and entirely ceased to matter.

The most common mistake the computer made was misclassifying horror novels as either science fiction or fantasy — perhaps not so surprising given the ambiguity between those genres.

Film genres included «horror» such as The Exorcism of Emily Rose and What Lies Beneath, and thrillers, such as Pulp Fiction, The Departed, and Black Swan.

For more «mainstream» selections, they looked to Amazon.com top - sellers such as Danielle Steel's The Sins of the Mother and Gillian Flynn's Gone Girl, and to anthologies of genre fiction, including a sci - fi story by Robert Heinlein.

21 % of men picked erotic fiction as the ultimate turn - on, putting it far ahead of the next most popular genres — thrillers, at 12 per cent and biographies, at 11 per cent.

Instead they prefer men of mystery, with 19 % picking thrillers as the sexiest genre a man can read, so any men palming through one of Benjamin Black's crime fiction novels (real name John Banville, he uses Black as a pseudonym - it just adds to his mystery!)

21 % of men picked erotic fiction as the ultimate turn - on, putting it far ahead of the next most popular genres — thrillers, at 12 % and biographies, at 11 per cent.

Science Fiction has to be well written and internally consistent if it's to engage and hold an audience but V just comes across as (yet another) TV series written by non-sci fi writers who don't have a grasp of the genre.

For a genre that's supposed to be about carefully considering the possibilities of the future, science fiction too often feels just as slick and mindless a genre as any other.

The old Flash Gordon and Buck Rogers serials were not science fiction, the «alien invaders» flicks of the 50s were likewise fantasy, and it continues today with such non science fiction films as Independence Day, Red Planet and Event Horizon trying to claim a genre title of which they are not worthy.

But there's one Science Fiction film that towers above all others of the genre, as well as all other films, and that is Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey, which Warner Brothers barely released in time to actually be seen on a big screen during the relevant year.

French filmmaker Luc Besson (The Family, Brick Mansions) writes and directs Lucy, a loopy, high - concept science fiction thriller that, like most Besson efforts, is actually just a dumb and goofy action genre film masquerading as a smart and insightful one.

He was a polymath long before he'd even dipped his toe into science fiction or musicals, and he conquered those genres as comprehensively as he did the others.

Alice Eve and Bryce Dallas Howard are no strangers to the science fiction genre, as the former appeared in Star Trek Into Darkness and the latter in Jurassic World.

With Ex Machina, Alex Garland shows that he's just as talented as a director as he is a writer, and that he should definitely keep challenging the science fiction genre.

Alex Garland's second directorial effort again lands itself in the science - fiction genre, though this time around it is not as easy to explain.

As the writer of such science fiction features as «Never Let Me Go,» «Ex-Machina» and, now, «Annihilation,» Alex Garland — like many others — uses the genre to comment on us and our place in the universAs the writer of such science fiction features as «Never Let Me Go,» «Ex-Machina» and, now, «Annihilation,» Alex Garland — like many others — uses the genre to comment on us and our place in the universas «Never Let Me Go,» «Ex-Machina» and, now, «Annihilation,» Alex Garland — like many others — uses the genre to comment on us and our place in the universe.

It's not as if fantasy, science - fiction, or detective stories hadn't existed before 1900, but so many of the expectations and conventions that genre fans take for granted today were only created and codified after the turn of the century.

For some Anglo - Saxon spectators who only discovered Assayas with Irma Vep (1996), a worn - out cliché reigns supreme — that there would be «two Olivier Assayas»: one exquisitely crafting intimate family or relationship dramas, such as Fin août, début septembre (Late August, Early September, 1998) or L'Heure d'été (Summer Hours, 2008); and one coining genre fictions sweeping several countries and dealing head - on with globalisation: demonlover (2002) or Boarding Gate (2007).

I believed this to be the way movies naturally were, unaware then that I was poised at the cusp of a decade of filmmaking that would redefine fantasy and science - fiction, setting precedents for the genre with films like Back to the Future and Predator, E.T., and Blade Runner, Near Dark, and Miracle Mile — the well was as deep for flights of fancy in the Eighties as it was for incomparable character - driven paranoia in the Seventies.

With Barker's status as one of the most prominent openly gay figures in genre fiction at the back of the mind, that Candyman is something of an elegiac lament for the outcasts and the sexually humiliated only augments its status as one of the best of the end - of - the - eighties / start - of - the - nineties body mortification films.

What you more often get from movies is something that could be called «science fiction - flavored product» — a work that has a few of the superficial trappings of the genre, such as futuristic production design and somewhat satirical or sociological observations about humanity, but that eventually abandons its pretense for fear of alienating or boring the audience and gives way to more conventional action or horror trappings, forgetting about whatever made it seem unusual to begin with.

I wrote in my review of the film: «With Ex Machina, Alex Garland shows that he's just as talented as a director as he is a writer, and that he should definitely keep challenging the science fiction genre.

Perhaps more notable, however, was a non-win: the mere nomination of Sigourney Weaver for Best Actress, an extreme rarity for a film that combined three genres often viewed as pariahs to major awards programs: horror, science fiction, and action.

Who: Oscar Isaac, Domhnall Gleeson, Alicia Vikander and Sonoya Mizuno What: A young programmer is selected to participate in a breakthrough experiment in artificial intelligence by evaluating the human qualities of a breathtaking female A.I.. When: April 10th Why: Writer Alex Garland has worked almost exclusively in the science fiction genre, so it comes as no surprise that his directorial debut occupies a similar space.

Screenwriter Alex Garland has worked almost exclusively in the science fiction genre (from «Sunshine,» to «Never Let Me Go,» to «Dredd»), so it comes as no surprise that his directorial debut occupies a similar space, this time focusing on the decades - old debate of artificial intelligence.

In addition to the plethora of comic book - based superhero movies in the next few years, there are a variety of other films such as science fiction, fantasy and action under the umbrella description of «genre.»

WHY: Screenwriter Alex Garland has worked almost exclusively in the science fiction genre, so it comes as no surprise that his directorial debut occupies a similar space, this time focusing on the decades - old debate of artificial intelligence.

Today marks the birthday of legendary Italian director Mario Bava, who is undoubtedly best known for his major achievements in the «giallo» horror genre (although he created works ranging from spaghetti westerns to science fiction films as well).

The festival focuses on genre films such as horror, science fiction, fantasy, action, Asian, and cult.

If «Superman» is low on this list, that has to be because most of our voters don't really view it as science fiction: sure, it kicks off with the destruction of an alien planet, but the superhero movie has now become its own genre, largely divorced from those that bore it.

The familiar «noir,» (defined as a genre of crime film or fiction characterized by cynicism, fatalism and moral ambiguity) is made to feel new here - and it does - thanks to its anchor lead actor, Krisztián Kolovratnik.

Barry Forshaw has made a career out of studying the dames, pistols, machismo, and glistening city streets that define crime fiction; with previous books such as Death in a Cold Climate: A Guide to Scandinavian Crime Fiction and The Rough Guide to Crime Fiction seeking to provide a comprehensive survey of the genre, he's made himself, to quote the book jacket of British Crime Film: Subverting the Social Order, «the UK's principal expert on crime fiction.fiction; with previous books such as Death in a Cold Climate: A Guide to Scandinavian Crime Fiction and The Rough Guide to Crime Fiction seeking to provide a comprehensive survey of the genre, he's made himself, to quote the book jacket of British Crime Film: Subverting the Social Order, «the UK's principal expert on crime fiction.Fiction and The Rough Guide to Crime Fiction seeking to provide a comprehensive survey of the genre, he's made himself, to quote the book jacket of British Crime Film: Subverting the Social Order, «the UK's principal expert on crime fiction.Fiction seeking to provide a comprehensive survey of the genre, he's made himself, to quote the book jacket of British Crime Film: Subverting the Social Order, «the UK's principal expert on crime fiction.fiction.»

American audiences take the Tarantino - ization of genre cinema for granted, but not so the French, who adore the director (who won the Palme d'Or for «Pulp Fiction») but never went so far as to imitate him outright, until now.

Very loosely based on Robert Ludlum's novel of the same name, indie punk Doug Liman (director of Swingers) has constructed a parable of self - discovery that can as easily be read as a subversion of the conventions of the thriller genre, a discussion of the ways in which the audience participates in the process of genre fiction, or as a science - fiction piece in which strangely robotic über menschen run amuck in a technocratic world metropolis.

Technically and dramatically much weaker than most slick science - fiction films, Soylent Green is still more realistic on one terrifying point: the ecology will deteriorate, through misuse and overuse of plant and animal life as well as overpopulation, much sooner than human technology and architecture will advance to accommodate it and create the oppressive - but - neat world of domes, interplanetary travel and multi-leveled cities that characterize most movies of the s.f. genre.

The flagship of the Festival, section Oficial Fantàstic, presents some of the most eagerly awaited movies of the year, such as Only God Forgives by Nicolas Winding Refn - director of Valhalla Rising and Drive; Jim Jarmusch's latest film Only Lovers Left Alive, an eternal love story between two vampires; A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swann III, a surrealist comedy by the hand of Roman Coppola; The Congress, a spectacular adaptation of Stanislaw Lem directed by Ari Folman - responsible for Vals with Bashir -, that combines animation with a science - fiction story starring Robin Wright and Harvey Keitel; Sitges 2013 will also represent the return of Kiyoshi Kurosawa to the fantastique genre with Real.

Looks can often be deceiving, as RoboCop is, underneath the junk cinema exterior, one of the more intelligent and savvy thrillers of the science fiction genre, perhaps only bested by The Terminator in terms of blending intelligent, complex sci - fi with all - out supercharged action.

In addition to Pulp Fiction, McDonagh's film carries echoes of such genre demolitions as Edgar Wright's Hot Fuzz and the Robert - Downey - Jr.

As if defending the movies that made Stewart a star, her «Sils Maria» character asserts that there can be as much truth in genre films — science fiction and fantasy, for example — as there is in so - called serious movieAs if defending the movies that made Stewart a star, her «Sils Maria» character asserts that there can be as much truth in genre films — science fiction and fantasy, for example — as there is in so - called serious movieas much truth in genre films — science fiction and fantasy, for example — as there is in so - called serious movieas there is in so - called serious movies.

In the science fiction genre, movies like The Empire Strikes Back, Wrath of Khan, and Terminator 2: Judgment Day are held in high regard as some of the best sequels ever made.

Snowpiercer is a product of a genre that can easily get lost in its conventions, but establishes itself as proof that big idea science fiction remains alive and well.

After Return of the King, which won Best Picture in 2003, The Shape of Water is the second «fantasy» genre film to win for Best Picture (leave your debate as to if The Shape of Water is fantasy or science fiction in the comments — we're curious!).

This engaging KS2 Space cross-curricular writing pack can last up to 3 lessons and easily fits into your planning as it can be applied to a lot of genres such as fiction, non-fiction, biographies, newspaper writing and more.