Fantasy and Science Fiction: The Human Mind, Our Modern World
Eric Rabkin
We understand the world — and our selves — through stories. Then some of those hopes and fears become the world.
Workload: 8-12 hours/week
ще се обсъждат (четат) следните книги:
Grimm — Children's and Household Tales (Lucy Crane translation with Walter Crane illustrations)
Carroll — Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass
Stoker — Dracula (This reading is somewhat longer than most of the others. You may want to begin it in advance.)
Shelley — Frankenstein
Hawthorne & Poe — Stories and Poems (Hawthorne's Mosses from an Old Manse includes "The Birthmark," "Rappaccini's Daughter," and "The Artist of the Beautiful" and his Twice-Told Tales includes "Dr. Heidegger's Experiment"; The Portable Poe includes all the suggested Poe stories and poems
Wells — The Island of Dr. Moreau, The Invisible Man, "The Country of the Blind," "The Star"
Burroughs & Gilman — A Princess of Mars & Herland
Bradbury — The Martian Chronicles (not available for legal, free download)
LeGuin — The Left Hand of Darkness (not available for legal, free download)
Doctorow — Little Brother (This reading is somewhat longer than most of the others. You may want to begin it in advance.)
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