Based on our reading and coursework, speculative fiction

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Question restatement: The prompt asks, based on our reading and coursework, what speculative fiction can do or how it functions in analysis.
Option 1: can be used to critique social norms around race, religion and gender. This is a strong answer because speculative fiction often probes and challenges power structures, identities, and social expectations by placing characters in altered or imagined worlds, thereby illuminating real-world norms around race, religion, and gender.
Option 2: is popular because it's not connected to the real world. This claim is misleading; even when set in fictive or fantastical contexts, speculative fiction frequently engages with real-world issues and resonates precisely because of its connection to lived experiences and current affairs.
Option 3: cannot be used for historical critique because it distorts history. While some works alter or reinterpret history for artistic purposes, speculative fiction can still critique or reimagine historical dynamics, reveal biases, and prompt reflection on how history is constructed, so this option is inaccurate.
Option 4: is dependent on the Western literary tradition, and so does not function in any other. This is incorrect; speculative fiction appears across diverse cultures and literary traditions, including non-Western contexts, and its modes of critique are not confined to Western frameworks.
In summary, the strongest and most widely supported claim among the options is that speculative fiction can be used to critique social norms around race, religion, and gender, because it leverages imaginative scenarios to reveal and interrogate those norms while remaining engaged with real-world issues.

Based on our reading and coursework, speculative fiction

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