#  English 182. Science Fiction 

 



Instructor: [Stephanie Burt](/people/stephanie-burt)  
Monday & Wednesday, 1:30-2:45pm | Location: TBD

Utopias, dystopias, artificial intelligence, life on new planets, and much, much more-- from the late 19th century to the present, \*mostly in novels and short stories but also in comics, poetry, games, film and TV.\* Likely readings include Mark Twain, H. G. Wells, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Robert A. Heinlein, James Tiptree, Jr. (Alice Sheldon), Octavia Butler, William Gibson, Nalo Hopkinson, Ted Chiang, Tillie Walden, Charlie Jane Anders, N. K. Jemisin…. We will also be playing a tabletop role playing game as part of the class.  
  
This course satisfies the “1900-Present Guided Elective" requirement for English concentrators and Secondary Field students.



 



 

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