ENGL 2212-110: Literature & Culture
Science Fiction

LBST 2212-110 Syllabus
Access to Moodle2

All readings are noted on the syllabus.

August 20th: Introduction to the class
August 22nd: Introduction on Cultural Studies

August 27th: Robots and Zombies
August 29th: Futurism and F. T. Marinetti

• Futurism (background information)
• “The Founding and Manifesto of Futurism”
• “Destruction of Syntax—Imagination without strings—Words-in-Freedom”
• “War, the World’s Only Hygiene” (excerpt)

September 3rd: The Time Machine (free on Kindle)
September 5th: The Time Machine (movie)

September 10th: The Past's view of the Future
September 12th: Test 1 (on Moodle2 at 8am)

September 17th: The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
September 19th: The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy

September 24th: Post-apocalyptic Worlds
September 26th: The Alien Other

October 1st: The Alien Other and Worlds Beyond
October 3rd: Midterm Exam (on Moodle2 at 8am)

FALL BREAK 10/07-10/08--No Class

October 10th: Introduction to Gender Studies

October 15th: The Dispossessed
October 17th: The Dispossessed
Art's Prezi on "Paradox and Time"

October 22nd: Gender Liminality and Roles
October 24th: Sci Fi in the Domestic Sphere

October 29th: Butler and Nogha
October 31th: Test 2 (on Moodle2 at 8am)

November 5th: Neuromancer and Inception
November 7th: Neuromancer and Inception

November 12th: Games Reality Plays (part 1)
November 14th: Games Reality Plays (part 2)

November 19th: Stories, myths, and lies we tell
November 21st: Augmented Realities

November 26th: No class--Keep up with your reading

December 3rd: Italo Calvino's Cosmicomics
LAST DAY OF CLASS

December 12th: Final Exam on Moodle2

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