The Word for World is Information: Ideologies of Language in Science Fiction & Film
COL 258
Fall 2022
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01
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| Crosslisting:
ENGL 260 |
| Course Cluster and Certificates: Social, Cultural, and Critical Theory Certificate |
By the middle of the 20th century, it had begun to seem possible to produce a grand theory of communication that would use language as a basis for understanding all of human thought, behavior, and culture. As competing versions of such a theory circulated through academic disciplines as disparate as anthropology, neurophysiology, and the emerging field of computer science, they also filtered out--sometimes in strangely warped or oversimplified forms--into popular culture.
This course will examine the most interesting and influential of these theories, both in their scholarly origins and in their most puzzling and promising elaborations in works of literary and filmic science fiction. We will be particularly attentive to the ways that the narrative logic of science fiction texts can gloss over certain logical and philosophical inconsistencies in these theories while revealing others. |
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
HA COL |
| Course Format: Seminar | Grading Mode: Student Option |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: (COL)(CSCT)(ENGL)(ENGL-Literature) |
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Past Enrollment Probability: 75% - 89% |
| SECTION 01 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
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Examinations and Assignments:
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Additional Requirements and/or Comments:
Contributes to fulfillment of ENGL major requirements: Theory, elective |
| Instructor(s): Fitzpatrick,Joseph J. Times: .M.W... 02:50PM-04:10PM; Location: BOGH115; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 19 | | SR major: 8 | JR major: 5 | | |
| Seats Available: 2 | GRAD: X | SR non-major: 3 | JR non-major: 3 | SO: 0 | FR: 0 |
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| Total Submitted Requests: 5 | 1st Ranked: 2 | 2nd Ranked: 1 | 3rd Ranked: 0 | 4th Ranked: 0 | Unranked: 2 |
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