{"id":11366,"date":"2025-01-12T17:24:17","date_gmt":"2025-01-12T22:24:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/aaron-toscano\/?page_id=11366"},"modified":"2025-04-28T19:02:04","modified_gmt":"2025-04-28T23:02:04","slug":"scifi2025","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/aaron-toscano\/scifi2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Science Fiction and American Culture"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Science Fiction and American Culture Syllabus<\/a><\/strong> (spring 2025)
Major Assignments on Canvas<\/a><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

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January 14: Introduction to to “Science Fiction and American Culture”<\/a><\/strong>
January 16: More Introduction<\/a><\/strong>
                  Isaac Asimov’s \u201cCult of Ignorance\u201d (1980)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

January 21: Robots and Zombies<\/a><\/strong>
                 <\/strong> Isaac Asimov’s<\/strong> \u201cReason”
                 <\/strong> Robert Heinlein’s<\/strong> “All You Zombies–“
January 23: Gender Studies and Science Fiction<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

January 28: American Studies Introduction<\/a><\/strong>
                  Jefferson, Thomas et. al.<\/strong> \u201cThe Declaration of Independence,\u201d<\/a><\/strong> 4 July 1776.
                  <\/strong>Federalist Paper<\/strong> 10<\/strong><\/a>
January 30: Worlds Beyond<\/a><\/strong>
                  Weinbaum, Stanley. \u201c<\/strong>A Martian Odyssey\u201d online<\/strong><\/a>
                  Delany, Samuel R.<\/strong> \u201cAye, and Gomorrah.\u201d online<\/strong><\/a>
                  Delany, Samuel R.<\/strong> \u201cRacism and Science Fiction\u201d online<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

February 4: Writing Discussion:<\/strong> Ideas and Arguments<\/a>
February 6: William Gibson, Part I<\/a><\/strong>
                Gibson, William.<\/strong> Preface by Bruce Sterling in Burning Chrome<\/em>. pp. xi-xviii
                Gibson, William.<\/strong> \u201cJohnny Mnemonic\u201d in Burning Chrome<\/em>. pp. 1-23<\/p>\n\n\n\n

February 11: William Gibson, Part II<\/a><\/strong>
                    Gibson, William.<\/strong> \u201cNew Rose Hotel\u201d in Burning Chrome<\/em>. pp. 109-123
                    Gibson, William.<\/strong> \u201cBurning Chrome\u201d in Burning Chrome<\/em>. pp. 179-204
February 13: No Class Meeting<\/strong>
                     ESSAY #1 Due on Canvas<\/a><\/strong> on 2\/13, 11:00pm<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

February 18: Use Your Illusion I<\/a><\/strong>
                    The Wachowskis.<\/strong> The Matrix<\/em> (1999)
                    Nelson, Ray.<\/strong> “Eight O\u2019Clock in the Morning” (1963)
February 20: Use Your Illusion II<\/a><\/strong>
                    Iain Softley. Hackers<\/em> (1995)<\/strong>\u2026Tubi has it for free<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

February 25: Firefly<\/em> & Black Mirror<\/em><\/a><\/strong>
                    Firefly<\/em> \u201cJaynestown\u201d (2002) Season 1, Episode 4\u2014poor quality stream<\/a><\/strong>
                    Black Mirror<\/em> \u201cFifteen Million Merits\u201d (2011) Season 1, Episode 2
February 27: MIDTERM EXAM\u2014No Class Meeting<\/strong>
                 Exam is on Canvas<\/a><\/strong>
Plan your reading of Martha Wells\u2019s All Systems Red<\/em> and Colson Whitehead\u2019s Zone One<\/em>.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Spring Break: March 3rd – 7th<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

March 11: Wells, Martha. All Systems Red<\/em><\/a><\/strong>
March 13: Whitehead, Colson. Zone One<\/em>,<\/a><\/strong> “Friday,” pp. 1-128<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

March 18: Whitehead, Colson.<\/strong> Zone One<\/em>, “Saturday,” pp. 129-271<\/a>
March 20: Whitehead, Colson.<\/strong> Zone One<\/em>, “Sunday,” pp. 275-end<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

March 25: Writing Discussion<\/strong>: Synthesizing sources; writing better<\/a>
March 27: Film\u2014No Class Meeting<\/a><\/strong>
                 Nolan, Christopher. Inception<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

April 1: Film\u2014No Class Meeting<\/a><\/strong>
             Nolan, Christopher. Interstellar<\/em><\/strong>
April 3: Butler, Octavia. Dawn<\/em> (catch up)<\/a><\/strong>
            ESSAY #2 Due on Canvas<\/a>, 11:00pm<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

April 8: Butler, Octavia. Dawn<\/em> <\/strong>(Parts I and II)<\/a>
April 10: Butler, Octavia. Dawn<\/em> <\/strong>(Part III and IV)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

April 15: LeGuin, Ursula. The Dispossessed<\/em><\/strong> (Part I)<\/a>
April 17: LeGuin, Ursula. The Dispossessed<\/em><\/strong> (Part II)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

April 22: TV Shows<\/a><\/strong>
              <\/strong>Star Trek: The Next Generation<\/em>, \u201cThe Measure of a Man\u201d (1989)\u2014S2, Ep9
              <\/strong>The Twilight Zone<\/em>, \u201cEye of the Beholder\u201d (1960)\u2014S2, Ep6
              <\/strong>Paramount+ {start free trial<\/a><\/strong>}
April 24: Witch Hunt Politics (Part I)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

April 29: Witch Hunt Politics (Part II)<\/a><\/strong>
May 1: READING DAY\u2014No Classes<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

May 6: Final Exam on Canvas<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Science Fiction and American Culture Syllabus (spring 2025)Major Assignments on Canvas January 14: Introduction to to “Science Fiction and American Culture”January 16: More Introduction                  Isaac Asimov’s \u201cCult of Ignorance\u201d (1980) January 21: Robots and Zombies                  Isaac Asimov’s \u201cReason”    […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":598,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-11366","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P2HAOx-2Xk","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/aaron-toscano\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11366","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/aaron-toscano\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/aaron-toscano\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/aaron-toscano\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/598"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/aaron-toscano\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11366"}],"version-history":[{"count":34,"href":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/aaron-toscano\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11366\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11704,"href":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/aaron-toscano\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11366\/revisions\/11704"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/aaron-toscano\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11366"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}