ENGL-211 Science Through Science Fiction

This course provides scientific enrichment in understanding the literature of Science Fiction. Students also discuss historical background, philosophical and psychological interpretations, and ethical underpinnings of the works. Film presentation and short story may be included, but the novel provides the major focus of the course. This course is writing intensive.

Credits

3

Prerequisite

ENGL-121

Hours Weekly

3 hours weekly

Course Objectives

1. 1. Recognize literary terms, concepts, critical strategies and stylistic characters in the texts studied.
   
2. 2. Demonstrate critical and independent thinking in the interpretation of texts.
   
3. 3. Write analytically about literary works, using appropriate research and documentation.
   
4. 4. Demonstrate an understanding of ways the literature studied reflects its intellectual, social, historical, and
   cultural contexts.
   
5. 5. Evaluate the power of literature to address personal values and goals and to challenge human endeavors.
6. 6. Synthesize the scientific influences on literature in the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries.

Course Objectives

1. 1. Recognize literary terms, concepts, critical strategies and stylistic characters in the texts studied.
   
2. 2. Demonstrate critical and independent thinking in the interpretation of texts.
   
3. 3. Write analytically about literary works, using appropriate research and documentation.
   
4. 4. Demonstrate an understanding of ways the literature studied reflects its intellectual, social, historical, and
   cultural contexts.
   
5. 5. Evaluate the power of literature to address personal values and goals and to challenge human endeavors.
6. 6. Synthesize the scientific influences on literature in the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries.