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.

This course satisfies the General Education Criteria in Fall 2022 for:

Humanities – Lit & Arts

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ENGL 220 class schedule data for spring 2018
	CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
	65124	Lecture-Discussion	G	3:30PM -4:45PM	MW	119 English Building	Cole, L	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/16/18-05/02/18 Degree Notes: Humanities - Lit & Arts course. Section Info: In the 21st century, humanity faces challenges whose solutions require a complex understanding of how emotional, ethical, and empirical realities are created and reproduced. The interdisciplinary field known as “science studies” emerged in response to these challenges. Our section of ENGL 220 serves as an introduction to science studies through literature. No formal training in the sciences is required. Using essays from the Routledge Companion to Literature and Science as a framework, we will focus on three interrelated and deeply political areas of contemporary science studies and some of the questions they raise: climate science (how can we confront climate change? why have we not?); animal studies (do animals have consciousness? how would we know?) and what has come to be called the “posthumanities” (what is the difference between humans and their machines? are machines making life better or worse? who gets to decide?). We will read a variety of literary texts including novels by H. G. Wells, Samuel Delany, Naomi Mitchison, Margaret Atwood, and Kim Stanley Robinson. And we will watch some classic science-fiction films. Course requirements: regular attendance and participation, three 3-5 page papers, a midterm, and a final.