Science in Literature

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In this course, the student will read a wide variety of literary works with scientific themes or topics in genres of fiction, literary nonfiction, and poetry. The student will use methods of rhetorical criticism to analyze literary strategies, and a primary theme of inquiry will be the historical and cultural exchange between authors’ imaginations, reader reception, and scientific discourse. The culminating project will require research of primary and secondary source material to create an original interpretive analysis.