ENGL 221

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Speculative Futures

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Credit: 3 hours.

Introduces majors and non-majors to several important conversations arising from the expansive genre of speculative fiction. In this course students will explore some of the most profound, disturbing, and downright bizarre imaginings of the future that human beings have generated. Climate change, ageing, fascist regimes, reproductive rights, technological failures, scientific advancements, and apocalypse are just a few of the possible topics for this class. Course materials will be drawn from literary works, contemporary and historical scientific developments, and cultural theory to explore how and why speculative futures are linked to specific cultural contexts, technologies, and social schemes.

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ENGL 221 class schedule data for fall 2019
	CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
	71514	Lecture-Discussion	C	10:00AM -10:50AM	MWF	104 English Building	Littlefield, M	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/26/19-12/11/19 Credit: 3 hours Section Info: Speculative Futures: Our future is—and has always been—uncertain. In this course we’ll read science fiction and speculative fiction by some of your favorite authors: Margaret Atwood, China Mieville, Philip K. Dick, Max Brooks, George Saunders and many more. Students will have the opportunity to branch out into film, TV shows, graphic novels, and video games. Our goal is to consider the following questions: what do our visions of the future tell us about the state of the world—historically and in the present day? What kinds of questions, ideas, and problems motivate the future? What roles does technology play in these visions? Who gets to construct our future and why?