Firstbridge courses are offered to degree seeking freshmen and registration is done via webform in pre-arrival checklist.
Term:
Fall 2021
Discipline:
CL (Comparative Literature)
Credits:
4 credits
Type:
CCI
Level:
Undergraduate
Can be taken twice for credit?:
No
Exam Date:
Thursday, December 16, 2021 - 12:30
Pre-requisites:
None
Co-requisites:
None
Professor(s)
Notes
Whether it is elves or aliens (or a hybrid species combining both), fantasy and science fiction stage encounters with forms of Otherness. We will explore the blend and blur of literary fiction and ethnographic observation to depict “primitive” or “advanced” societies as well as to mirror forms of discrimination and diversity in our own world. In its infinite potential to push the boundaries of our imagination, speculative fiction empowers us to rename and reimagine difference.
Learning Outcomes
- Student will be able to use literary tools of analysis
- Students will be able to relate texts, genres and contexts
- Aesthetic Inquiry and Creative Expression: Students will engage with artistic or creative objects (e.g., visual art, theatrical works, film) in different media and from a range of cultural traditions (CCI LO2)
- Exploring and Engaging Difference: Students will think critically about cultural and social difference; they will identify and understand power structures that determine hierarchies and inequalities that can relate to race, ethnicity, gender, nationhood, religion, or class (CCI LO3)
- Information Literacy: Students will comprehend how information is produced and valued in order to discover, evaluate, use, and create information and knowledge effectively and ethically. In FirstBridge, students will demonstrate the conversational nature of scholarship, and recognize their potential role and responsibilities as contributors to that conversation. For each discipline taught in FirstBridge, students will identify reference works, journals, databases and/or major works in history, in order to start effective research in the field.
- Life at University: Students will acquire the study skills, time management, and interpersonal skills needed to meet the demands of university-level academic work at a Liberal Arts College individually or as a team. Students will value the multiple meanings of place through experiential learning at AUP and beyond in the Parisian or global context.
Syllabus
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Book List
| Title | Author | Publisher | ISBN Number |
|---|---|---|---|
2. The Word for World is Forest | LE GUIN, Ursula | Gollancz, imprint of Orion, Hachette | 9781473205789 |
1. The Left Hand of Darkness | LE GUIN, Ursula | Orion | 9781473221628 |
3. Children of Blood and Bone | ADEYEMI, Tomi | Macmillan | 9781509871353 |
Schedule
Start Date:
Monday, September 6, 2021
End Date:
Tuesday, December 21, 2021
| Day | Start Time | End Time | Room |
|---|---|---|---|
Monday | 13:45 | 15:05 | PL-1 |
Thursday | 13:45 | 15:05 | PL-1 |