Contemporary Issues in Science Fiction

The work of science  fiction is imagining what is possible. A necessary part of this undertaking includes deciding how race, gender, and class  function in a new world. In this course, we will explore the works of authors such as Octavia Butler, Nnedi Okorafor, N.K. Jemison and Tananarive Due in order to examine how race and gender constructs shift and intersect in new and different ways when characters are forced into radically different situations. We will examine images, film, fiction, and nonfiction. We will read one common text as a class, and students will read additional texts in small reading groups and independently. We will complete reading reflections and write creatively as well as analytically.

• Interests: Engineering, Film, Literature
• Grades: 11th, 12th
• Subjects: English