COML 2035

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COML 2035
Science Fiction

Course information provided by the 2016-2017 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.

Breadth Requirement (GB)

Comments A University Course.

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Syllabi: none

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

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  9794 COML 2035   LEC 001

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  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  9795 COML 2035   DIS 201

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  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  9796 COML 2035   DIS 202

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  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  9797 COML 2035   DIS 203

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  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  9798 COML 2035   DIS 204

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  • Instruction Mode: In Person