Speculative Fiction

Catalog description

Through critical reading, students consider how texts that ask “What if?” encourage us to rethink approaches to science, technology, and/or the structures of society, which may include broader questions regarding the status of the human and nonhuman. Students explore the topics, concerns, and forms of fiction that fall under the broad umbrella of speculative, such as science-fiction, fantasy, horror, alternate history, and others. Students apply principles of literary analysis to a variety of texts that may include novels, short stories, poetry, and other speculative genres/media.