HIST117 - Science & Literature

Status
C
Activity
SEM
Section number integer
910
Title (text only)
Science & Literature
Term session
1
Term
2019B
Syllabus URL
Subject area
HIST
Section number only
910
Section ID
HIST117910
Course number integer
117
Meeting times
TR 01:15 PM-05:05 PM
Meeting location
COHN 237
Level
undergraduate
Instructors
Alexis Rider
Description
This course will explore the emergence of modern science fiction as a genre and the ways it has reflected our evolving conceptions of ourselves and the universe. We will explore sci-fi as not only the future-mythos of a technological civilization, but as a space for cultural, social, and political critique of the modern age. We will discuss such characteristic themes as utopias, the exploration of space and time, biological engineering, robots, aliens, and other worlds, contextualized within the history of science and alongside themes like gender, race, and class. Authors include: H. G. Wells, Le Guin, Herbert, Clarke, Asimov, Okafor, Delany, Chiang, and others.
Course number only
117
Cross listings
ENGL075910, STSC110910, HSOC110910
Fulfills
Arts & Letters Sector
Use local description
No