CMLIT 122Global Science Fictions

3 credits · Comparative Literature · Penn State

A study of the relationships between science, literature, and film, from an international and interdisciplinary perspective. CMLIT 122 Global Science Fictions (3) (GH;US;IL) (BA) This course meets the Bachelor of Arts degree requirements. This course examines science fiction and the fictions of science from an international and interdisciplinary perspective. Course content includes a history of the idea of science, of its engagement with and by fictional, filmic, dramatic, and poetic narratives, within an explicitly comparative framework that includes material from Europe, the Americas, Asia, and Africa. Students will develop a theory of genre and its development over time; they will recognize regional, cultural, and historical differences and forms of change that affect the intellectual development of the arts and sciences.