Course details

Name: ENLT - 377

Title: SPECULATIVE FICTION: FANTASY

Section: 11

Semester: Summer - 2018

Credits: 3

Description:
This course will explore alternate realities that are sometimes familiar, seemingly impossible and/or improbable, and that stretch beyond the confines of ordinary space and time. We will examine how Fantasy builds (and sometimes destroys) worlds, incorporates elements drawn from such areas as: fairy tales, myths, legends, horror, sword and sorcery, the supernatural and dreams. We will critique the extent to which these elements may reveal aspects of ourselves, our humanity and our world that we might not wish to acknowledge. The threads which link these texts are the motif of the journey toward knowledge, the ethical dialectics of good and evil, and the fundamental roles assigned to magic, the supernatural, and the imagination. Some of the authors we may read may include: Philip Pullman, Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett, Cormac McCarthy, J. K. Rowling, Shirley Jackson, Ursula LeGuin, Roald Dahl, and Octavia Butler. We may also view some of the following: The NeverEnding Story, Willy Wonka, Spirited Away, and/or The Hobbit.

Schedule: Monday,Tuesday,Wednesday,Thursday From 8:00 am To 11:30 am

Graduation requirements:

• Any Literature (1e)
• Genre Study (Fiction)
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• Other American (TE 1d)
• Post-1900 (1d)
• International Issues (3a)
• Class Issues (3d)

Teaching Faculty: Nicosia Laura (nicosiala)

Is course canceled: No