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ENG 339 - Aliens and Others in Science Fiction

Type of Course: Seminar
This course examines literary figurations of “the alien” in science fiction, with specific focus on the subgenre of “first contact” narratives. Analyses of the genre will take critical and theoretical approaches to investigate constructions of otherness and difference, as well as critiques of the discourses and histories of humanism, colonialism, slavery, and identity politics. Short fiction and novels by H.G. Wells, Arthur C. Clarke, Ursula Le Guin, Philip K. Dick, Stanislaw Lem, Samuel R. Delany, Orson Scott Card, Octavia E. Butler, among others, will be read. Feature films and television series that deal with alien contact will also be studied.


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