ENGL 3785

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ENGL 3785
Apocalyptic Films and Fictions

Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2016-2017.

In these latter days, apocalyptic narratives abound—stories that help us imagine the end of times, address or avoid real-world crises, and make sense (or fun) of history. We'll read and view works in such genres as the nuclear disaster story (Kubrick's Dr. Strangelove), the cold war assassination tale (Richard Condon's The Manchurian Candidate), the paranoid quest romance (Thomas Pynchon's Crying of Lot 49), the end-time narrative (Doris Lessing's Memoirs of a Survivor), the biocatastrophe thriller (Margaret Atwood's Oryx and Crake), the superhero apocalypse (Alan Moore and David Gibbons' Watchmen), and the millennial fantasy (Tony Kushner's Angels in America). We'll reflect on Biblical apocalypses and explore contemporary conspiracy theories, writing critical essays and a final project involving research.

When Offered Fall.

Distribution Category (LA-AS)

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  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16355 ENGL 3785   SEM 101

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