ENGL 578

Spring 2020 Part of Term 1

Part of Term 1
Jan 21-May 6

Seminar Lit &Other Disciplines

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Credit: 4 hours.

May be repeated if topics vary. Prerequisite: One year of graduate study of literature or consent of instructor.

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ENGL 578 class schedule data for spring 2020
	CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
	39658	Lecture-Discussion	Q	1:00PM -3:50PM	R	135 English Building	Littlefield, M	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/21/20-05/06/20 Section Title: Science,Technology&SpeculatFic Section Info: Science, Technology, and Speculative Fiction. Ever wonder about the science and technology behind some of your favorite speculative fiction? Or the ways that speculative fiction influences science, technology, and medicine? What are the complex stories behind the bio-tech of Oryx and Crake or Gattaca, the medical advances of The Postmortal, or the cyborgs of Company Town? In this course, we’ll explore the multi-directional traffic between literature, technology, science, and medicine. We’ll pay particular attention to marginalized voices, the impact of feminist science studies, and the methodologies of interdisciplinary fields. We’ll focus on practical assignments: a book review, a research paper on a topic of your choosing, and some alt-ac writing for online and social media spaces. Course texts will include plenty of critical/theoretical texts, and speculative fiction of all kinds: novels, television shows, short stories, flash fiction, video games. This graduate course is intended to serve students in a wide range of disciplines, from the sciences, the humanities, and the social sciences. Although our focus will be on speculative fiction, we will engage in an interdisciplinary dialogue about science, technology, and literature that welcomes many different perspectives. No previous experience with science, technology, or speculative fiction is expected or required :) Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.