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LITPA-300-02: L: Reading Octavia Butler

Fall 2018

Subject: Literary and Performing Arts Studies
Type: Lecture
Delivery Mode: In-Person
Level: Undergraduate

Course Dates: September 06, 2018 — December 13, 2018
Meetings: Thu 4:00-07:00PM
Instructor: Hugh Behm-Steinberg

Units: 3.0
Enrolled: 10/12

Description:

During her lifetime, Octavia Butler wrote a dozen novels, won two Hugo and two Nebula Awards, and was the first ever science fiction writer to be awarded a MacArthur "genius" grant. Her novels feature vampires, time travel, alien/human dna swapping, and psionic combat; they also explore issues that continue to haunt us: race, class, sexuality, trauma, power and privilege, climate change, our history, our future, and what that pesky "our" implies. In this class, we'll read her stories and novels, critical and scholarly work about Butler and genre fiction in general, exploring both the contexts of her work and her influence up to this day.

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