This lecture series introduces science- and speculative- fiction literature as a cultural space where imagination, ideology, rituals, archetypes, science and technology converge to shape collective visions of human, non-human and post-human futures.
Through readings and discussions, we will examine seminal texts and possible worlds by authors such as Dante, Voltaire, Mary Shelley, Karel Čapek, Olaf Stalpedon, Arthur C. Clark, Isaac Asimov, Clifford Simak, Ursula K. Le Guin, Frank Herbert, Stanislav Lem, Octavia E. Butler, Philip K. Dick, Neal Stephenson, Margaret Atwood, Dan Simmons, Nnedi Okorafor etc. alongside broader popular mythologies like "Star Wars" and other (cyber|solar|nano)punk narratives.
Also accepted as Studium Generale.