Science Fiction Explored in Frankenstein, Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and The

The Legacy of Science Fiction Explored in Frankenstein, Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and The Invisible bit Science Fiction is a branch of literature that explores the possibilities of hu mankind scientific advances, especially technological ones. Mary Shelleys Frankenstein (published in 1818) was a precursor of the writing style which was established by Jules Vernes novels of the late 1800s. HG Wells at the circle of the twentieth century brought more scientific rigour in his whole kit and caboodle, much(prenominal) as The Time Machine, The Invisible Man and The War of the Worlds. Isaac Asimov and Arthur C Clarke argon among the most familiar writers of science fiction of the modern era (Cambridge Encyclopaedia, 1994). However, works from an earlier time, Frankenstein, Robert Louis Stevensons Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and H.G.Wells The Invisible Man, have had a profound influence on thinking about science and its carnal knowledgeship to humanity and the world we pass away in. AU1This es say explores the cultural legacy of these three works and seeks to explain wherefore they have been so influential. Frankenstein explores many issues related to science and humanityAU2. Behrendt has identified approximately of the themes as individual and class alienation, social conditioning, gender stereotyping, conflict in the midst of rational intellect and intuitive emotion and the revisionist Romantic view of the relation between God and humanity AU3(1990). Alienation is seen in the fact that Frankenstein remaining community to do his experiments, and refused to share with others what he had found at the same time he utterly abandoned the life that he created (Madigan 2000, cited in Penner nd). AU4Gender stereotyping is noted by Johnson (1987) who sees the novel as the story of a man who usurps the female role b... ...984) Science and society A brief date at the Invisible Man. The Wellsian, 7 19-23AU11 Suvin, D (1991) Wells as the turning Point of SF tradition. In J H untington (ed) (1991). Critical essays on H.G. Wells. Boston G.K. HallAU12. US National Library of Medicine (Feb 2002) Frankenstein Penetrating the secrets of Nature. Online Available http//www.nlm.nih.gov/hmd/frankenstein/frank.birth.html Accessed 13 June 2002AU1Thesis contentionAU2Topic sentenceAU3Year of pub put here to mark off Behrendt from succeeding(prenominal) referenceAU4 Content-prominent reference because it is not controversialAU5Author-prominent because it is an opinion.AU6Topic sentenceAU7Direct quotationAU8Link with antecede paragraphAU9ConclusionAU10Chapter in book edited by two authorsAU11Journal nameAU12Chapter in book edited by one author