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| Campus | Haverford |
| Semester | Spring 2025 |
| Registration ID | COMLH267B001 |
| Course Title | Global SF since 1945 |
| Credit | 1.00 |
| Department | Comparative Literature |
| Instructor | McInerney,Maud |
| Times and Days | M 07:30pm-09:55pm
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| Additional Course Info | Class Number: 2480 SFscience fiction, speculative fictionis the primary allegorical mode of the contemporary world and permits reflections upon and critiques of the world we inhabit today. This course explores the explosion of the genre in the decades since the WWII and the advent of atomic weapons. We will read classics of post-apocalyptic fiction from the 50s and 60s before turning to stories that engage queer identities, Afrofuturism and African Futurism, and the global threat of climate change.; Crosslisted: ENGL.; Pre-requisite(s): None; Enrollment Limit: 45 Humanities, A: Meaning, Interpretation (Texts) (; Hav: HU, A) |
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