Module 2: Science Fiction and Society

Science fiction for Suvin in the “The Science Fiction Handbook”

a literature of cognitive estrangement, a literature that places readers in a world different from our own in ways that stimulate thought about the nature of these differences, causing us to view our world from a fresh perspective

Freedman in science fiction

wherein cognitive estrangement is not only present but dominant

Dystopian science

is when a utopian dream becomes a nightmare

The Handmaid’s Tale

is a dystopian society that uses Christian ideology to justify a strict social hierarchy that includes the use of a handmaiden for families where the wife cannot give birth to a child

Handmaiden

a sex slave that is considered the female sinner

Social, moral, ideological background

the setting is not limited to the place where the story is set, but the _________, ________ and ___________

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