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CRWR 272 - Beyond Genre: Fabulism, Fantasy, and Speculative Fiction.


Semester Offered: Second Semester
Credits (Range): 4 hours
Attribute: 4HU
Establishing a home base in literary fiction and its emphasis on complex characters and human pathos and conflict, this class will borrow tools from multiple genres–realism, sci-fi, horror, fantasy, postmodernism–to push beyond the familiar limitations and stereotypes of so-called ‘genre fiction.’ The course will be be reading intensive, with writing assignments that explore the concepts and techniques therein. Authors will include Jorge Luis Borges, Octavia Butler, Samuel Delany, Jonathan Lethem, Kelly Link, David Mitchell, Haruki Murakami, Joanna Russ, and others.
Enrollment Limit: 15
Instructor: C. Johnson
Consent of the Instructor Required? Yes


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