How
is science fiction different from fantasy, according to Le Guinn ?
According to Le Guinn, Fiction is not happened, but it pretends to be happened
by appearing plausible characters and place in which it takes place is
something that could happen in the future. Those make people believe that there
are possibilities to happen like the fiction because fiction is based on
realism. Especially, science fiction is related to realism. Normally, science
fiction presents the story of the future that derived from a lot of problems of
the reality that people living now or the things people are interested in.
Also, Le Guinn mentions that the story of fantasy is far from reality
and, in contrast with science fiction, it does not pretend to be happened or it
might happen ever. It is surely a dream that is unattainable. The characters of
fantasy also surpass audience`s expectations and it should do so.
I agree that the difference between science fiction and fantasy is how
far is from realism.
Personally, I think the difference between them is that science fiction
proceeds with respect for physical laws exist in real life and it has to
contain an unexpected incident that follows that a rule of the reality, for fun
because science fiction is a fiction. But, I would like to call fantasy as ‘the
mirror of illusion’. Basically, fantasy deals with something we want it to
happen, but we already know it is impossible to be happened forever like Harry
Potter.
But, also, I think there is
indistinguishable work if it is science fiction or fantasy like Star Wars. Star
Wars is classified into science fiction, but I think Star Wars includes some
fantasy features like characters, Jedi Knights, and the scene using invisible
power.
Le Guin, U.
K. Plausibility revisited. Retrieved August
30, 2012 from http://www.ursulakleguin.com/PlausibilityRevisited.html
Hi Benjamin, that's an interesting point that you've made about Star Wars being a blend of science-fiction and fantasy. It's definitely borderline - the strongest fantasy element in Star Wars would be in the use of 'the force' to give power to the Jedis, which is like magic.
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I think you've declared a few good points here. After reading it through, I clearly know the difference between the SF and fantasy. By the way, it is quite interesting you brought up the issue whether the Star Wars is a fantasy or SF since it seems to have features of both genres. Thus, even if the movie is generally known as SF, my opinion is that it also could be defined to be a fantasy as well.
ReplyDeletePersonally thinking, the two genres both have cool stuffs and that's why there are so many fans who love to read and watch them. Also because the fans can never experience that cool and imaginary things in their lives.
I agree on that the difference is how far those genres are from the realism. It's for sure that fantasy is far more away from the reality than SF. Many people might believe that things in SF would happen someday in the future but I think, still SF is far from the realism even though incidents can be scientifically proved.
Le Guin (2005) stated that "fantasy is an exercise of what may be our most divine and certainly is our most human capacity, the imagination"
Since the imagination is the greatest and most valuable ability that human has, development of such genres like fantasy and SF may be boundless.
References
Le Guin, U. K. (2005). Plausibility revisited wha hoppen and what didn't. Retrieved September,22,2012, from http://www.ursulakleguin.com/PlausibilityRevisited.html
Hi David. Thanks for your comment.
DeleteI agree with your thought. We could estimate differences as to how much is based on the realism. But, you said “still SF is far from the realism even though incidents can be scientifically proved”.
I don`t understand what you said. Why did you think about SF still far from the realism?
Personally, I think SF base on the realism. That means SF is pretty much rooted in reality and in scientific and economic facts, and there are possibilities to happen soon in the real life even if it seems to be impossible to be happened by current technology. For example, I,Robot which was released in 2005 and Will Smith played the main role, shows the year 2035 a techno-phobic cop investigates a crime that may have been perpetrated by a robot, which leads to a larger threat to humanity.
I think you did understand the 'SF being still far from the realism' that I said before. Exactly. 'there are possibilities for whatever in the SF to happen in real life someday, even if it seems to be happened by current technology. This is what I meant by 'far from the realism'. Even though what we watch in the genre could be proved scientifically but it doesn't seem possibly at this moment. Man.. I hope I didn't make you confused~
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