TMS - From Here to Infinity: An Exploration of Science Fiction Literature - Michael Drout
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Written by Michael Drout
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Science fiction literature and films have contributed indelible images to the popular imagination, from H.G. Wells’s War of the Worlds to Ray Bradbury’s Martian Chronicles to the fiction of “cyberpunks.” In addition to enthralling readers with breathtaking narratives and dazzling the imagination with mind-bending glimpses of possible futures, the best science fiction asks essential questions: What does it mean to be human? Are we alone in the universe, and what does it mean if we’re not? Esteemed professor Michael D.C. Drout traces the history of science fiction in this series of stimulating lectures. From Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein to today’s cutting- edge authors, Drout offers a compelling analysis of the genre, including a look at hard-boiled science fiction, the golden age of science fiction, New Wave writers, and contemporary trends in the field.
Michael D.C. Drout is an associate professor of English at Wheaton College in Norton, Massachusetts, where he teaches courses in Old and Middle English, medieval literature, Chaucer, fantasy, and science fiction.
14 Lectures
30 minutes/lecture
1 What Is Science Fiction?
2 The Roots of Science Fiction
3 Mysterious Lore, Marvelous Tech: The 1930s
4 Hard-Boiled Science Fiction: The 1940s
5 The Grand Master: Robert A. Heinlein
6 Onward and Outward: The 1950s, Space Travel, Apocalypticism, and the Beautiful Weirdness of Cordwainer Smith
7 A New Set of Questions: The “New Wave” of the 1960s and 1970s
8 The World Builder: Frank Herbert
9 The Surrealists: Ballard and Bradbury
10 The Computer Revolution: Cyberpunk and the 1980s
11 Post-Punk: Neal Stephenson
12 Women and Gender
13 The Satirists
14 The Shape of Things to Come
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| [08-14] The World Builder - Frank Herbert.mp3 8.24 MBs | |
| [09-14] The Surrealists - Ballard and Bradbury.mp3 7.94 MBs | |
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| [13-14] The Satirists.mp3 7.59 MBs | |
| [14-14] The Shape of Things to Come.mp3 7.44 MBs | |
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This post has 2 comments
August 10th, 2011
Thank you for this series - it looks fascinating.
November 24th, 2012
This series is not nearly as good as the Teaching Company’s series on Science Fiction. Professor Drout is well-educated and passionate but spends so much time gushing about the plot of many books that he forgets to discuss many of their implications. For a free course, this series isn’t terrible. But I’d suggest you try the TTC course instead. Here’s a link:
http://thepiratebay.se/torrent/6553308
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