Status
A
Activity
SEM
Section number integer
401
Title (text only)
The Science-Fictions of Octavia E. Butler
Term
2024A
Subject area
AFRC
Section number only
401
Section ID
AFRC2501401
Course number integer
2501
Meeting times
W 3:30 PM-6:29 PM
Meeting location
BENN 140
Level
undergraduate
Instructors
Chi-Ming Yang
Description
This course covers key novels, short stories, and essays by the great African American science fiction writer Octavia E. Butler, with a focus on her experiments with genre and gender-bending shape-shifters. See the English Department's website at www.english.upenn.edu for a description of the current offerings.
Course number only
2501
Cross listings
ENGL2501401, GSWS2501401
Fulfills
Cultural Diviserity in the U.S.
Use local description
No