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Utopia II: Suffrage to Cyberpunk (P02710)

? Credit Points : 20 ? SCQF Level : 11 ? Acronym : LLC-P-P02710

This course will examine the idea of utopia within the context of ten key twentieth century texts, beginning with Charlotte Perkins Gilman's Herland (1915) and concluding with Ridley Scott's Blade Runner (1982). Themes to be discussed include technology and ideology, power, gender and utopia, subjectivity and the (post) modern subject, and geographical spaces.

Entry Requirements

? This course is not available to visting students.

Subject Areas

Home subject area

English Literature, (School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures, Schedule G)

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : Postgraduate

? Delivery Period : Not being delivered

? Contact Teaching Time : 2 hour(s) per week for 10 weeks

? Other Required Attendance : 1 hour(s) per week for 10 weeks

All of the following classes

Type	Day	Start	End	Area
Lecture	Monday	09:00	10:50	Central

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

By the end of this course will be able to examine the idea of utopia within the context of key twentieth century texts. They will also be able to be discuss the technology and ideology, power, gender and utopia, subjectivity and the (post) modern subject, and geographical spaces.