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ENGL 285 - History of Science Fiction


Semester Offered: Second Semester
Credits (Range): 4 Hours
Attribute: 4 HU, WR
New course added 10.23.12.

Why Science Fiction? What does this genre uniquely allow us to say? How does it enable us to think and imagine differently? This course surveys the history of SF beginning in the nineteenth century and in the context of developments in science, technology, imperialism, and capitalism that influenced its emergence and evolution. Authors will include Mary Shelley, Edward Bulwer-Lytton, H. G. Wells, Arthur Conan Doyle, Aldous Huxley, Philip K. Dick, and Ursula K. LeGuin. British.
Enrollment Limit: 30
Instructor: J. Kuskey
Prerequisites & Notes
For complete prerequisites, please refer to the English Program section titled ‘200-Level Courses.’


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