SCIENCE FICTION, FANTASY AND DETECTIVE LITERATURE

➥I MA ENGLISH

UNIT I

BACKGROUND STUDIES

Science Fiction and Fantasy, Cyberpunk (From M.H.Abrams)

Alien Invasion, Apocalyptic and Post -Apocalyptic Fiction

Gothic Science Fiction,

Crime Fiction, Mystery Novels, Thriller (From M.H.Abrams)

UNIT II

DETECTIVE FICTION

Arthur Conan Doyle : The Hound of Baskervilles

Agatha Christie : Murder on the Orient Express

UNIT III

SCIENCE FICTION

Wilkie Collins : The Woman in White

H.G.Wells : The Time Machine

UNIT IV

FANTASY FICTION

Peter Straub : Shadowland

Gabriel García Márquez: One Hundred Years of Solitude

UNIT V

SHORT STORIES

Edgar Alan Poe : The Murders in the Rue Morgues

E.M. Forster : The Machine Stops

Isaac Asimov : The Last Question

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