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As far back as Ancient Greece, literature imagined and explored the possibility of using artificial means to create human (or human-like) bodies. From Hephaistos, the Greek god of artifice and metalworking, who fashioned his servants' bodies out of metal, to contemporary portrayals of cyborgs and clones in film and fiction, the idea that technology could be used to produce, shape, or enhance the human body has elicited both excitement and fear. Drawing on both literary and cinematic portrayals of artificially produced bodies, this class will examine some of the perennial questions surrounding bodies that are produced by such "unnatural" means. Readings will likely include Kazuo Ishiguro's NEVER LET ME GO, Philip K. Dick's DO ANDROIDS DREAM OF ELECTRIC SHEEP, and James Tiptree Jr.'s "The Girl Who Was Plugged In." Films will include Ridley Scott's BLADE RUNNER, Michael Bay's THE ISLAND, and Steven Spielberg's A.I. The writing load for this course is a minimum of 15 pages of formal revised writing. Prerequisite: ENGL 121.
All of us have heard the question and perhaps imagined what we might do, or whom we might be, when we finally arrive at that exciting stage of being "grown up." Yet the process of growing up--leaving home, making our own decisions, discovering who we are and what we believe--can be both challenging and exciting. In this course, we'll explore the struggles and questions facing young people as they move into adulthood. Using a variety of fiction and non-fiction coming of age narratives, we'll examine and discuss how choices about career, faith, family, friends, money, and sexuality shape our sense of identity and autonomy as "grown up" adults. Possible texts may include Dave Eggers' A HEARTBREAKING WORK OF STAGGERING GENIUS, Chaim Potok's MY NAME IS ASHER LEV, Marjane Satrapi's PERSEPOLIS, Jane Austen's PRIDE AND PREJUDICE, and E.M. Forrester's A ROOM WITH A VIEW. The writing load for this course is a minimum of 15 pages of formal revised writing. Prerequisite: ENGL 121.
All of us have heard the question and perhaps imagined what we might do, or whom we might be, when we finally arrive at that exciting stage of being "grown up." Yet the process of growing up--leaving home, making our own decisions, discovering who we are and what we belive--can be both challenging and exciting. In this course, we'll explore the struggles and questions facing young people as they move into adulthood. Using a variety of fiction and non-fiction coming of age narratives, we'll examine and discuss how choices about career, faith, family, friends, money, and sexuality shape our sense of identity and autonomy as "grown up" adults. Possible texts may include Dave Eggers' A HEARTBREAKING WORK OF STAGGERING GENIUS, Chaim Potok's MY NAME IS ASHER LEV, Marjane Satrapi's PERSEPOLIS, Jane Austen's PRIDE AND PREJUDICE, and E.M. Forrester's A ROOM WITH A VIEW. The writing load for this course is a minimum of 15 pages of formal revised writing. Prerequisite: ENGL 121.
