ENGL 220

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Literature and Science

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Credit: 3 hours.

Explores the mutual influences of science and literature in some key literary and non-literary texts. Covers scientific texts, literary works, and cultural theory to explore how and why scientific knowledge is intimately linked to literature.

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ENGL 220 class schedule data for spring 2017
	CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
	65124	Lecture-Discussion	M	9:30AM -10:45AM	TR	104 English Building	Markley, R	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/17/17-05/03/17 Section Info: This course explores some of the intriguing relationships between the reading and writing of literature and the practices of science. It is designed to introduce students from a variety of majors and backgrounds to the interdisciplinary, or cross-disciplinary, field of Literature and Science. Please note: no formal training in the sciences is required. We will read a variety of texts—including a healthy dose of science fiction—that can be ground under three broad, and broadly related, areas: the environmental humanities; media studies and digital humanities; and alternative visions of human beings and human society. Readings for the course will include science-fiction novels by H. G. Wells, Octavia Butler, Kim Stanley Robinson, Richard Powers, and Margaret Atwood, and articles by contemporary writers and critics, including Donna Haraway, Bruno Latour, Stacy Alaimo, Katherine Hayles, Richard Lewontin). And we will watch some classic science-fiction films and a few episodes of television series. Course requirements: regular attendance and participation, three 3-5 page papers, a midterm, and a final.