This document provides an overview and comparison of fantasy and science fiction genres. It defines fantasy as imaginative fiction dealing with alternate realities that suspend scientific explanations, exploring deeper realities and eternal truths. Science fiction is defined as literature exploring possible futures through speculation about life in other worlds and times, often focusing on technology. The document outlines common elements of each genre such as elves and magic in fantasy, and robots and space travel in science fiction. It concludes with a brief comparison of the origins and purposes of fantasy and science fiction.

1. L U A N A M O N T E R O G Ó M E Z
K A R O L I N A C O R T É S S O L A N O
FANTASY & SCIENCE
FICTION

2. FANTASY
ELVES WITCHES GOBLINS

3. FANTASY
FAIRIES MAGIC SPELLS DEMONS

4. FANTASY
• Fantasy is imaginative fiction that deals with
alternate realities, that suspends scientific
explanations and natural laws.
• It is a search for a deeper reality and eternal truth.
• It nurtures our hopes and ideas

5. EXAMPLES

6. EXAMPLES

7. TYPES OF FANTASY
• Light fantasy  uses the mask of comedy to reveal the
absurb in the human condition.
• Fantasy as mystery
1. Has clues
2. Has a problem
3. Has police
4. Bad guys and good guys
5. Suspense
6. Has false leads
7. Takes you off the track
8. You find out who did it

8. TYPES OF FANTASY
• Time slip fantasy  time is the element that is
carried beyond the world of everyday experience.
• Quest stories  archetypal themes from folklore
become vividly evident.
• Literary lore  have a haunting mythic quality and
echo the sounds from storytellers´ tongues of ages
past.

9. SCIENCE FICTION
ROBOTS SPACE TRAVEL
PHYSICAL LAWS
OF NATURE

10. SCIENCE FICTION
NATURAL PHENOMENA DYSTOPIA

11. SCIENCE FICTION
• Science fiction is the litarature of the possible.
• Science fiction has its roots in the Age of
Enlightenment.
• Speculate on what life could be like in other worlds
and other times.

12. SCIENCE FICTION
• First science fiction
magazine in april, 2006

13. COMPARISON
SCIENCE FICTION
• It is written to explore the
different outcomes of
events or technologies that
could exist.
• It is focuses on technology,
alternative history or
dystopian societies
• It was originally written as
entertainment literature for
scientists
FANTASY
• It is written to entertain
readers with magical
events.
• its pages fantasy
mythical creatures and
alternate universes.
• Fantasy has entertained
the entire populations
since the dawn of
language.

14. ACTIVITY

15. REFERENCES
• http://dlmorrese.wordpress.com/2012/04/21/the-
difference-between-science-fiction-and-fantasy/
• http://www.diferenciaentre.net/la-diferencia-entre-
la-ciencia-ficcion-y-fantasia/

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