Background Knowledge ● The works o A Wizard of earthsea(1968) o The Tombs of Atuan(1971) The Farthest Shore(1972) o The Dispossessed (1974) o The Beginning Place(1980)
Background Knowledge ⚫ The works: ⚫ A Wizard of Earthsea (1968) ⚫ The Tombs of Atuan (1971) ⚫ The Farthest Shore (1972) ⚫ The Dispossessed (1974) ⚫ The Beginning Place (1980)
Background Knowledge o LeGuin said she has studied very little hard science. My science fiction tends to be social science fiction, she said. "But I try not to make mistakes
Background Knowledge ⚫ LeGuin said she has studied very little hard science. "My science fiction tends to be social science fiction," she said. "But I try not to make mistakes
Background Knowledge o Her writing force us to re-examine many of the things that we once took for granted cities ● political structures social attitudes conventional ideas about life
Background Knowledge ⚫ Her writing force us to re-examine many of the things that we once took for granted. ⚫ --- cities ⚫ --- political structures ⚫ --- social attitudes ⚫ --- conventional ideas about life
Background Knowledge o She uses science fiction to explore contemporary Issues o She explains why she likes the science fiction form ● She says:“ Science fiction allows me to help people get out of their cultural skins and into the skins of other beings .. in science fiction you are often expected to get into the skin of another person from another culture
Background Knowledge ⚫ She uses science fiction to explore contemporary issues. ⚫ She explains why she likes the science fiction form. ⚫ She says: “ Science fiction allows me to help people get out of their cultural skins and into the skins of other beings…in science fiction you are often expected to get into the skin of another person from another culture
l. Introduction to the Passage o Type of Writing o A piece of allegorical description
II. Introduction to the Passage ⚫ Type of Writing: ⚫ A piece of allegorical description