Description This intensive summer course introduces students to the important literary and cinematic genres of Science Fiction. This survey will begin with Margaret Atwood’s dystopic novel The Handmaid’s Tale, and conclude with a discussion of the 1984 cyberpunk novel Neuromancer and the 2003 film The Matrix Reloaded. Topics to be explored in class around the […] Read more

Description This course will explore the intersection of fantasy and science fiction to engage with gender representations and popular culture. The latter has a fraught place in academe, with its potentially derogative qualitative label on works of literature and other media (the so-called ‘high’ and ‘low’ labels). Students will be exposed to a range of writings from […] Read more

Francis Desharnais will deliver today the concluding guest-lecture of the day-long graduate conference of my graduate seminar on Science-Fiction and Fantasy. Program 9.30am: Welcome 9.45am-11am: Session 1 Ariane Chioccarello: “Gothic and Fiction in children’s literature” Ricardo Arthur: “The Hunger Games: Real Identity in Artificial Space” 11am-11.15am: Coffee break 11.15am-12.30pm: Session 2 Amal Debbiche: “Human Mechanicals/Mechanical […] Read more

Description: This course will explore the intersection of fantasy and science fiction to engage with gender representations and popular culture. The latter has a fraught place in academe, with its potentially derogative qualitative label on works of literature and other media (the so-called ‘high’ and ‘low’ labels). Students will be exposed to a range of writings from […] Read more

I am teaching two courses this winter (ANG1750 and ANG6157) which explore the intersection of fantasy and science fiction to engage with gender representations and popular culture. Read more

Science-Fiction and Fantasy Description: This course will explore the intersection of fantasy and science fiction to engage with gender representations and popular culture. The latter has a fraught place in academe, with its potentially derogative qualitative label on works of literature and other media (the so-called ‘high’ and ‘low’ labels). Students will be exposed to a range […] Read more