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This 8-week science fiction course explores science fiction literature from the late 19th century to present through short stories and novels. The course will consider how science fiction addresses humanity's relationship with the universe and responses to scientific and technological changes. Topics may include cyberpunk, world building, gender issues, robots, space travel, aliens, time travel and more. The course is taught by Dr. Gerald Lucas on Wednesday evenings in the fall semester.
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Romanticism
Romanticism elevated imagination, nature, symbolism and myth, and individual expression. It rejected absolute rationalism and classical rules in favor of intuition, feelings, and subjective experience. Romantic artists and poets emphasized imagination, emotion, and the individual genius as a "hero-artist" who creates their own path in opposition to social conventions. Nature was seen as a divine, healing force that could provide spiritual reflection and inspiration for artistic works.
Literary Theory Syllabus, Fall 2009
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Neoclassicism
Neoclassicism was a conservative movement between 1660-1780 that believed humans were fallen from grace. It observed a disparity between the glorious past and the debased present, exalting tradition over innovation. Major ideas included that humanity's chief concern should be moral improvement through restraint, while science was unimportant and the universe amoral. Neoclassical poetry aimed for clarity over originality through allusion, satire, and traditional genres with universal appeal.
The Enlightenment
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Editing and Revision
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1101: The First Steps
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1101: Subject, Purpose, Audience
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- 1. Want to take a Science Fiction course this fall? What: 83462 ENGL 3999 When: Fall 2010; W 5:30-8pm Who: Dr. Gerald Lucas More: http://litmuse.net/ Science Fiction This section of Special Topics (ENGL 3999) will explore the genre of science fiction from the Possible Authors and Works late nineteenth century to the present in short and long fiction. Much of humanity’s hopes • Philip K. Dick and fears about its relationship with the universe is explored by the various writers known for • Jack McDevitt their work in science fiction. Science fiction also considers humanity’s responses to changes • Bruce Sterling in the level of science and technology. This class will consider science fiction as located • William Gibson historically and attempt to relate culturally texts that explore, discover, learn, by means of • Arthur C. Clarke projection, extrapolation, analogue, hypothesis-and-paper-experimentation, something about • Alice Sheldon the nature of the universe, of humanity, of “reality.” Cyberpunk, world building, gender, • J. G. Ballard cyborgs, robots, space travel, aliens, war, time travel, mad computers, and other similar • Stanislaw Lem subjects will fall under the purview of the course. Talk to your advisor to see if this course will • Isaac Asimov work for you. • Harlan Ellison • Neal Stephenson “Science fiction is that branch of literature that deals • Octavia Butler • And others . . . with human responses to changes in the level of science and technology.” —Isaac Asimov DR. GERALD LUCAS • msc@grlucas.net For more information: http://litmuse.net/