English 145

Writing Technology: Science Fiction

Section	Semester	Instructor	Time	Location	Course Areas
1	Spring 2020	Serpell, C. Namwali	Lectures MW 11-12 in 3 Leconte + one hour of discussion section per week in different locations (sec. 101: F 11-12; sec. 102: F 11-12; sec. 103: F 12-1; sec. 104: F 12-1)		Introductory Surveys British 20th- and 21st-Century American Literature Creative Writing Lecture Courses

Book List

Anderson: Feed ; Anthropy: Rise of the Videogame Zinesters ; Asimov: I, Robot ; Chandra: Geek Sublime ; Delany: Babel-17 ; Dick: Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? ; Forster: The Machine Stops; Gibson: Neuromancer

Description

This introductory course considers an overlap among the disciplines of English, Computer Science, and Data Science—British and American narratives that revolve around technology. We'll look at visual and verbal texts from the early twentieth century to now, including essays, stories, novels, films, and TV episodes. These forms of "techno-lit" speculate about current and future technologies, including machines, codes, games, and networks. We’ll explore questions about time and space, language and data, the politics of virtual and material embodiment, and the ethics of our historical and current relationship to technology. This writing-intensive course also offers exposure to and practice in different ways to "write technology," including history of science, tech journalism, and science fiction.

Discussion Sections

101	Cohan, Nathan	F 11-12	51 Evans
102	Wilson, Mary	F 11-12	47 Evans
103	Cohan, Nathan	F 12-1	51 Evans
104	Wilson, Mary	F 12-1	47 Evans

Other Recent Sections of This Course

fall, 2021
145/1	Writing Technology: Utopian Futures	Chandra, Vikram

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