ENGL 120

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Science Fiction

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Credit: 3 hours.

Introduction to the study of science fiction, the genre that has both contributed to scientific knowledge and attempted to make sense of the changes that have taken place in the world since the Enlightenment, the onset of industrialization, and the acceleration of technology. Texts are taken from a variety of literary and pop culture sources: pulps and magazines, novels and films, comics and TV shows.

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ENGL 120 class schedule data for spring 2017
	CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
	31939	Lecture-Discussion	C	10:00AM -10:50AM	MWF	English Building	Jones, B	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/17/17-05/03/17
	65181	Lecture-Discussion	M	9:30AM -10:45AM	TR	English Building	Cole, L	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/17/17-05/03/17 Section Info: This course explores science fiction by attending to the many literary questions it raises, including how authors and critics have defined the genre. Science fiction author Judith Merrill claimed the role of science fiction is “to explore, to discover [or] to learn” something about the nature of “reality”; at the heart of this course, then, are also philosophical, historical, and ethical questions crucial to the humanities, sciences, and social sciences. What, for example, is the relationship between works of imagination and technological innovation? Between technological innovation and the relationships among humans, non-human animals, and machines? In the 21st Century, what does it mean to be “human,” and how does the category of gender relate to that of species, or biological kind? Drawing on representative science fiction texts, supplemented by video, film, and critical articles, we will discuss these and related issues.