ENGL 2035

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ENGL 2035
Science Fiction

Course information provided by the 2015-2016 Catalog.

Science fiction, as Fredric Jameson put it, is "the only kind of literature that can reach back and colonize reality." Today more than ever, when science and technology have penetrated everyday life in ways that would have seemed impossible only a few decades ago, it has become apparent that science fiction is not merely a literary genre but a whole way of being, thinking, and acting in the modern world. The course explores classic and contemporary science fiction from Frankenstein to The Hunger Games alongside a rich array of fiction, films, and new media from Europe, Asia, Africa, and Latin America. Our discussions will position these works vis-à-vis seminal thinkers, ranging from Plato to Descartes and Donna Haraway to Paul Crutzen, who ask the same questions as science fiction does about ourselves, our world, and our future.


Distribution Category (CA-AS)

When Offered Spring, summer.

Breadth Requirement (GB)

Comments A University Course.

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: COML 2035, STS 2131

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17582 ENGL 2035   LEC 001

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  • 17583 ENGL 2035   DIS 201

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  • 17584 ENGL 2035   DIS 202

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  • 17585 ENGL 2035   DIS 203

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  • 17586 ENGL 2035   DIS 204

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  • Instruction Mode: In Person