ENG2420 Science Fiction, SP2016

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ENG2420 Science Fiction, SP2016
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Professor(s)
Jason W. Ellis
Department
English
Course Code
ENG2420
Semester / Year
Spring 2016
Course Description

We will endeavor to locate the emergence of the Science Fiction (SF) genre and unravel how SF came to be the preeminent literature of the 20th and 21st centuries. To accomplish this, we will read and watch significant examples of SF from its long history beginning with Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. To demonstrate what you have learned, you will have brief, daily writing assignments, three non-cumulative exams, and a research essay. In addition to the readings, viewings, and lectures, students are strongly encouraged to add their SF knowledge to our discussions.

Acknowledgements

This course was created by: Jason W. Ellis

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