Science Fiction

Catalog description

Examines science fiction as a literary genre. The emphasis throughout is upon the nature and development of the genre in its historical and cultural context. Over the last century, science fiction has become one of the more influential, intellectually rigorous, and pleasurable ways to speculate about the accelerating changes in our world. This course offers a selective survey of the themes animating the genre since the beginning of the twentieth century, in short stories, novels, and films.