Narratives of Science and Technology: Literature and the Visual Arts

MALS

72500

Narratives of Science and Technology: Literature and the Visual Arts

This interdisciplinary course will examine representations of science and technology in film, the visual arts, performance, and literary narratives. Students will evaluate how these narratives reinforce or question modern and contemporary paradigms of science and technology, as each strategizes the concept of progress. The films and literature studied in this course are drawn from various genres, and not just science fiction. Students will be introduced to critical film and literary theory and related criticism, as well as engaging in close study of primary, interdisciplinary texts. In particular, the course will discuss the cultural implications of developments in science and technology. Readings will serve as a models for methodologies for studying and writing science and technology.

Offer as needed

Graduate School Graduate

Yes

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