COML 2035 - [Science Fiction]

(crosslisted) BSOC 2131, ENGL 2035, STS 2131
(GB) (CA-AS)

Fall. Next Offered: 2019-2020. 4 credits. Student option grading.

A. Banerjee.

Science fiction is not merely a literary genre but a whole way of being, thinking, and acting in the modern world. This course explores classic and contemporary science fiction from Frankenstein to The Hunger Games alongside a rich array of fiction and films from Asia, Africa, Europe, and Latin America. Our discussions will position these works vis-à-vis seminal thinkers, ranging from Plato to Descartes and Donna Haraway to Paul Crutzen, who ask the same questions as science fiction does about our selves, our world, and our future.