{"id":535,"date":"2014-11-12T18:05:17","date_gmt":"2014-11-12T22:05:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/scalexan-vsf\/?page_id=535"},"modified":"2014-12-03T19:25:10","modified_gmt":"2014-12-03T23:25:10","slug":"is-it-sf","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/scalexan-vsf\/dr-moreau\/is-it-sf\/","title":{"rendered":"Is it SF?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Is\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">The Island of Dr. Moreau<\/span> SF? Undoubtedly it is. Although it may not fit all three of our in-class definitions completely, the novel contains within it a plethora of SF elements. For example, the advanced techniques which Moreau uses to successfully create his Beast Men is a central aspect of the novel with clear roots in SF. Although we may not be privy to the exact way he operates, the fact remains that Moreau employs a working form of vivisection, a &#8220;scientific&#8221; endeavor. The employment of vivisection acts as a scientific novum which brings about a certain change &#8211; in Darko Suvin&#8217;s terms, this makes it SF. The novum does indeed go along with cognitive norms of the time, further cementing the &#8220;SF-ness&#8221; of the story<\/p>\n<p>Some may argue that the novel should fall under the genre of fantasy, however such a way of thinking would be fallacious. The world clearly exists in the realm of what was at the time, reasonable science, and no magical or fantastical\u00a0events occur in a clearly &#8220;unscientific&#8221; manner. Although the novel may be \u00a0apparently &#8220;less&#8221; SF than other novels on this blog, one would be hard pressed to present a convincing and thorough argument against\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">The Island of Dr. Moreau.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Is\u00a0The Island of Dr. Moreau SF? Undoubtedly it is. Although it may not fit all three of our in-class definitions completely, the novel contains within it a plethora of SF elements. For example, the advanced techniques which Moreau uses to successfully create his Beast Men is a central aspect of the novel with clear roots [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2457,"featured_media":0,"parent":143,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-535","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/scalexan-vsf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/535","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/scalexan-vsf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/scalexan-vsf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/scalexan-vsf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2457"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/scalexan-vsf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=535"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/scalexan-vsf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/535\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":879,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/scalexan-vsf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/535\/revisions\/879"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/scalexan-vsf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/143"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/scalexan-vsf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=535"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}