Time-travel,fiction and drama.pptVIP

Time-travel ,fiction drama -----by Lily Liu Four major literary forms 1. Poetry 2. Drama 3. Prose 4. Fiction So, what is time-travel ? The definition of time-travel Time-travel is a common theme in science fiction and is depicted in a variety of media. It simply means either going forward in time or backward, to experience the future, or the past. The ways to have a time-travel 1.Medium: something that has special force that can make you go back. 2.Wizard: some people who has magic that can make you have a time-travel 3.Accident: such as traffic accident , drowning, cliff, electric shock ,etc 4.Suicide 5.Unknown Types of Travel Soul ( rebirth, memory-keeping) Body ( a modern man in the history) History (into one nynasty of China) Alternative History (Utopia) Soul It means that just your soul goes back to somewhere and your body is left in modern times. 1. Two people from two different times exchange souls. 2. Your soul enters some person’s body, usually that person is dead. Startling by Each Step Or Bu Bu Jinng Xing Body It means you go back to times with your own body . Your new identity makes a good story. The myth(《神话》） Jade Palace Lock Heart （《宫锁心玉》） History It means that you go back to some times that really existed in history such as Tang Dynasty or Qing Dynasty. For example, this TV series went back to the Tang dynasty Altenative History It means you go back to some invented period in history. Time Travel Heros/Heroines 1. High social status ( prince, princess, royals or nobles) 2. In a patriarchal/matriarcal society ( masculinism, feminism,slavery) 3. Supernatural, supertalented, superbeautiful or superhandsome 4. A romantic monogamous or polygamous relationship with the major characters. Can we travel back and forth as we wish? Einstains Relativity .e.g. Philadaphia Experiment (1943) The possibility of sending people to other spaces. Why Time Travel Is So Hot Two types of fiction 1. Serious literature 2. Popular literature Living in