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Getting Started with Speculative Fiction
Introduction
Welcome (3:33)
Meet Your Tutor (4:01)
Module 1 - Getting Started
Introduction
Realistic Fiction
Non-Realistic Fiction
Speculative Fiction
Exercise
Module 2 - Worldbuilding in Speculative Fiction
Introduction To Worldbuilding in Speculative Fiction
Why is Speculative Fiction Important?
Primary and Secondary Worlds
Why Worldbuilding is Important in Speculative Fiction
Exercise
Module 3 - Genres and Subgenres of speculative fiction
Genres and Subgenres of speculative fiction
What is Fantasy?
Subgenres of Fantasy: Fairy Tales
Subgenres of Fantasy: Dark Fantasy
Subgenres of Fantasy: Myths and Legends
Subgenres of Fantasy: Magical Realism
Newer Subgenres
Exercises
Module 4 - Science Fiction
Introduction to Science Fiction
What is Science Fiction?
Subgenres of Science Fiction: Time Travel
Subgenres of Science Fiction: Gothic
Subgenres of Science Fiction: Cyberpunk
Subgenres of Science Fiction: Utopia/Dystopia
Subgenres of Science Fiction: Alternate History
Subgenres of Science Fiction: Steampunk
Subgenres of Science Fiction: Slipstream Fiction & More
Exercises
Module 5 - Horror and the Paranormal
Introduction to Horror and the Paranormal
What is Horror?
What is the Paranormal?
Exercises
Module 6 - Critical and Cultural Perspectives
Introduction to Critical and Cultural Perspectives
Autobiographical Perspectives
Postmodernist Perspectives
Psychoanalytic Perspectives
Feminist Perspectives
Queer Perspectives
Existential Perspectives
Colonial and Postcolonial Perspectives
Marxist Perspectives
Exercises
Module 7 - The Final Word
To Sum Up (4:44)
What's Next?
Course evaluation survey
Why Worldbuilding is Important in Speculative Fiction
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