Mar 29, 2024  
2021-2022 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
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EH 321 - Brave New Worlds: The Dystopian Novel


Credits: (4 credits)

Recommended for students who enjoy reading and giving free reign to their imaginations, the course explores six works of socio-policital criticism, all of which envision not-so-pleasant future works:  Utopia, Brave New World, 1984, Fahrenheit 451, A Clockwork Orange, and The Handmaid’s Tale.  Class discussion will focus on the novels’ shared concerns with ethics, social justice, technology, and the power of language manipulation to reshap reality.

Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to do the following:

  1. Describe and discuss dystopian fiction and its subgenres;
  2. Identify existing forms of structural inequality that give rise to dystopian novels;
  3. Interpret literary texts using the technique of close reading;
  4. Construct convincing, nuanced, and well-supported interpretive arguments;
  5. Analyze the respective storytelling techniques of novels and their filmed adaptations;
  6. Design and execute your own creative or research project.




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