Selected and varying subjects presenting opportunity for detailed examination of a topic. This course is a study in the history of science fiction from its Ancient Greek precursors to the present. The course pays special attention to the changes the genre's status, from respectable work of the imagination to despised escapist entertainment and back, before becoming a spectrum of subgenres (cyberpunk, weird, "literary," etc.). The interpretation of science fiction texts is thus set within the history of science fiction readers, publishers, and writers, from the earliest SF pulps to massive "convergence culture" science fiction that straddles books, film, TV, and internet fandom. The course format is mixed lecture and discussion. Prerequisite: Grade of C or above in English 190. 08/26/2020-12/18/2020 Lecture Monday, Wednesday, Friday 10:00AM - 10:50AM, Burbick Hall, Room 418
- Teacher: Daniel Propst