| Course Title: Topics in English: 'Cyberpunk in Asia' |
| Start Date: 01/21/2020 End Date: 05/05/2020 |
| Term: Spring Semester 2020 |
| Description: In popular movies such as Blade Runner and Ghost in the Shell, cyberpunk dystopias have often been associated with Asian cities, neon signs, and crowded bustling streets. What can exploring past and current portrayals of a cyberpunk future tell us about how we view Asia now? What can this aesthetic tell us about corporate dystopias? This course will look at film and texts that interrogate the intersection of race, technology, history, nation, and capital flows. We will read novels such as Pattern Recognition, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep, view films such as Blade Runner, and view anime such as Howl's Moving Castle to learn about how historical and economic forces have shaped the way the future is imagined, and why the place of that reckoning resonates with Asia today. |
| Distribution(s): I - Humanities , MP - Multicultural Perspectives , TP - Topics Course |
| Academic Level Of Course: Undergraduate | Credits:4.00 |
| Faculty | Phone | Email address |
| Jerrine Tan | tan@mtholyoke.edu |
| Meeting Dates | Method | Meeting days | Meeting times | Building name | Room | Frequency |
| 01/21/2020 - 05/05/2020 | Discussion | Monday and Wednesday | 11:00AM - 12:15PM | SHTK - Shattuck Hall | 107 | Weekly |
| Requisite Courses | ||
| None |
| Comments |
| Additional Comments |
| Course Tags | ||
| CST0001 | CSTH: Critical Social Thought major | This course has been approved to count towards the Critical Social Thought major and minor. |
| CST0001 | CSTH: Critical Social Thought minor | This course has been approved to count towards the Critical Social Thought major and minor. |
| Cross-listed Sections |
| ENGL-217CY-01 Cyberpunk in Asia |
| CST-249CY-01 Cyberpunk in Asia |
| Course Availability | ||||
| Section status: Open | Capacity: 18 | Enrollment: 17 | Available: 1 | Waitlist: 0 |
BOOK INFORMATION
| Book List | Required | Publisher Full Price |
| Title: Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep Author: Dick, Philip K. Copyright: Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9780345404473 Publisher: |
Required | 10.00 |
| Title: Neuromancer Author: Gibson, William Copyright: Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9780441569595 Publisher: |
Required | 10.00 |
| Title: Super Sad True Love Story Author: Shteyngart, Gary Copyright: Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9780812977868 Publisher: |
Required | 10.00 |
| Title: Salt Fish Girl Author: Lai, Larissa Copyright: Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9780887623820 Publisher: |
Required | 10.00 |
| Additional Book Comments |
| This is NOT the complete book list for this class. |