How Great Science Fiction Works
Offered By: The Great Courses Plus
Course Description
Overview
Examine what makes science fiction an enduring phenomenon that has reflected and inspired our highest technological aspirations-as well as our darkest fears.
Syllabus
- By This Professor
- 01: Mary Shelley and the Birth of Science Fiction
- 02: Science Fiction in the 19th Century
- 03: Science Fiction Treatments of History
- 04: Evolution and Deep Time in Science Fiction
- 05: Utopian Dreams and Dystopian Nightmares
- 06: The Rise of the Science Fiction Pulps
- 07: The Golden Age of Science Fiction Stories
- 08: The Spaceship As a Science Fiction Icon
- 09: The Robot: From Capek to Asimov
- 10: The Golden Age of the Science Fiction Novel
- 11: From Mars to Arrakis: The Planet
- 12: The Science Fiction Wasteland
- 13: Invasions, Space Wars, and Xenocide
- 14: Religion in Science Fiction
- 15: Science Fiction's New Wave
- 16: Encounters with the Alien Other
- 17: Environmentalism in Science Fiction
- 18: Gender Questions and Feminist Science Fiction
- 19: Cyberpunk and the 1980s
- 20: The 1990s: The New Space Opera
- 21: The Artifact as a Science Fiction Icon
- 22: Science Fiction's Urban Landscapes
- 23: Science Fiction in the 21st Century
- 24: The Future of Science Fiction
Taught by
Gary K. Wolfe
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