LIT2310 — SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY LITERATURE FANTASY, AND HORROR
LIT2310 is a writing and survey course of Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature from the 19th century to the present. This will also include consideration of how horror elements may be integrated into speculative fictions. Students will examine work that cover such topics as the future, technology, science, other worlds, paranormal life forms and occurrences, aberrant psychology and imaginary and intercultural authors which may include Isaac Asimov, Ray Bradbury, Octavia Butler, Mary Shelley, Edgar Allan Poe, Stephen King, J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, J.K. Rowling, Peter Straub, N.K. Jemison, Nalo Hopkinson, Samuel Delany, Ted Chiang, Neil Gaiman, Sarah Pinborough, Paolo Bacigalupi, Owl Goingback, Bryan D. Dietrich, Marge Simon, Steven Erikson, and Lord Dunsany. Analysis of genre permeability and the ability to recognize genre elements are integral to developing critical thinking skills and refine analytic approaches. The course will include basic written analysis of theme, structure, and style. LIT2310 is a writing credit course. Students must earn a minimum grade of C to meet the requirements of the Gordon Rule for writing. LIT2310 meets the International/ Intercultural competency requirement.