Historical Context
Dealt with the tensions between countries on the island of Hispanola.
What is "The Clarification Oral History Project?"
First of the class readings that can be categorized as climate fiction.
What is "My First Word?"
One of the themes was Asimov's 3 laws of robotics.
What is "Do as I Do?"
The Virgin de Guadalupe was the main character.
What is "A Flock for the Sandhill Crane"?
Neon is prominent in what genre of science fiction?
What is cyberpunk!
One of our first Thrilling Thursday activities was on "Do as I Do" and got us thinking about two different elements of the story that start with the letter "s."
What is structure and setting?
Context expert presentation linked this to Aztec history and mythology.
What is "An Adventure of Xuxa, La Ultima”
This was a play.
What is: “Ancestral Lines” OR “Fancy”
This text is a dystopia presented as role-reversal utopia.
What is Dealing in Dreams.
Text where an azabache is mentioned.
What is Dealing in Dreams?
This is the main term used to describe how fantasy and science fiction writers imagine the worlds of their stories.
What is world-building.
Dealing in Dreams often did this to hint at what would come next.
What is foreshadowing?
Directly references Mexican-American War.
What is “A Flock for the Sandhill Crane?”
Can be considered steampunk.
What is "“Saint Simon of 9th and Oblivion?"
Space travel and grief.
What is "Tia Abuela's Face, Ten Ways?"
Story featuring a famous Puerto Rican monster.
What is “The Chupacabra Next Door”?
This is a subgenre of science fiction concerned with the environment.
What is climate fiction.
We did two different Thrilling Thursday activities that dealt with this topic, one of which was to create character dating profiles for "Saint Simon of the 9th and Oblivion."
What is characterization!
Directly refences Taíno heritage
What is: “Ancestral Lines and Other Tall Tales” OR “The Chupacabra Next Door?”
Cyberpunk story.
What is: “BlindVision, ""Homebound, " “Fancy” OR, "The Music Box"?
Projecting consciousness
What is "Madrina?"
This text directly references Santería.
What is Ballad and Dagger.
Fantasy stories like The Lord of the Rings that are completely set in the secondary world.
What is high fantasy.
On Thrilling Thursday for "Curanderas in the Ceiling," we drew our favorite scene to think about this literary term (hint: many of you drew the fish).
What is imagry.
Context expert presentation tied this to the Steel Mills in Lorain, Ohio.
What is "The Chupacabra Next Door"?
Short story that features crosshatched secondary fantasy world.
What is “A Dangerous Wand?”
Plants were very important in this story.
What is “Like Flowers Through Concrete”
This text's main character was the goddess Mictecacihuatl.
What is "Hibiscus Tacos?"
This subgenre of fantasy often features crosshatching where the world we know overlaps with the supernatural world.
What is urban fantasy.
As a class, we did not like worldbuilding that did a lot of this. For example, in Ballad and Dagger we thought there was too much of this and not enough action and dialogue.
What is exposition?
This text imagined a fictional diaspora to talk about the impact of war, colonization, and slavery.
What is Ballad and Dagger?
“Saint Simon of 9th and Oblivion” is an example of this subgenre of fantasy often set in the 19th century.
What is steampunk!
This short story was a dystopia where women had little to no rights.
What is "Fancy"?
This short graphic novel excerpt presented a Mesoamerican inspired future.
What is Dream Rider?
Utopian literature is a genre or subgenre, but the word utopia does not always designate a story that is set in a perfect future. This word does indicate a perfect future.
What is "eutopia" with an e.
Dr. Taylor suggested this as an easy way to develop a creative title.
What is alliteration?