ENGL 411 - Science Fiction

Institution:

Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania

Subject:

English

Description:

Science Fiction situates the genre as a form of critique of the concept of the future. The course provides a literary and historical path for comprehending the genre's evolution. It engages students in cross-disciplinary conversations about scientific and technological advancements that inform narratives as well as establishes how metaphors of the alien drive science fiction's forecasts. The course highlights how science fiction shapes particular ways of seeing and enacts such modes through the study of diverse texts and application of concepts in projects about our future lives.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Other

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Institution Website:

www.sru.edu

Phone Number:

(724) 738-9000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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