20/FA DVC-402-A
FILM STUDIES: SCI FICTION
Instructor: TownsendDepartment: LIBERAL ARTS
Credits: 3 Instruction Method: ONLL
Status: OPEN
In this course students will explore the ways in which science fiction films have represented contemporary culture trends such as fear of the other and cold-war paranoia in Invasion of the Body Snatchers, the terror of the body in Aliens and the transhumanism in District 9. Course readings will examine the development of the science fiction film as a distinct genre from a variety of viewpoints including historical analysis, race and gender studies, and critical theory. This course may apply as an upper level English and Liberal Arts elective. This course satisfies the General Elective requirement.
Start Date: 2020-08-31 End Date: 2020-12-12Meeting in: ONL
Room: ONLINE
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