AMST 2667

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AMST 2667
Octavia Butler

Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2023-2024. Courses of Study 2023-2024 is scheduled to publish mid-June.

MacArthur "Genius" grant winner Octavia Butler is famously known as a science fiction writer, but her novels, short stories and essays both adhere to and disrupt expectations in the genre. Throughout her writing career, Butler explored themes of space travel, time travel, African indigeneity, gender, race, spirituality, and ecological degradation. This class, will introduce students to Octavia Butler's work and the creative fields she helped spawn. Additionally, we will investigate and contextualize these themes alongside the scholarly fields of Black feminist studies, the environmental humanities, Black speculation fiction, Afrofuturism, disability studies and more!

When Offered Fall or Spring.

Distribution Category (ALC-AS, LA-AS)

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ASRC 2665, ENGL 2665, FGSS 2665

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18920 AMST 2667   LEC 001

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  • Instruction Mode: In Person