I’m not a literature major, nor I have any kind of study in humanities, but as far as I’m told Horror was always a reflexion of societal anxieties framed in fantasy, and Iirc sci-fi as well more often than not reflected social issues (e.g. labor but using robots as a metaphor).
Sci-fi was originally founded in philosophy and just used technology to explore ideas about how society would react to various situations. Obviously it’s less strictly setup that way today, but that’s how it started
I’m not a literature major, nor I have any kind of study in humanities, but as far as I’m told Horror was always a reflexion of societal anxieties framed in fantasy, and Iirc sci-fi as well more often than not reflected social issues (e.g. labor but using robots as a metaphor).
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/evolution-horror-films-societal-fears-1236041121/
https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/197867991.pdf
Sci-fi was originally founded in philosophy and just used technology to explore ideas about how society would react to various situations. Obviously it’s less strictly setup that way today, but that’s how it started