UCSBPlat . ENGL 165AD

Transpacific Speculative Fiction: Imagining Asian Pacific Futures . ENGL 165AD

How do transpacific writers and poets imagine the future? In this course, students are introduced to key narratives, aesthetics, themes, and social concerns of speculative fiction and poetry by Asian diasporic and Pacific Islander authors. We begin the course by interrogating how the Asian/American figure emerged in the Western science fiction imaginary at the turn of the twentieth century. Then, we explore how Asian and Pacific diasporic writers envision different versions of the future to reflect on social dynamics of racism, labor, war and forced migration, queerness, and environmental contamination.

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Prerequisites: Writing 2 or upper-division standing.

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Optional

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Passtime

None

Level Limit

Letters and science

College

GEs Area G Writing

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Instructors

AMIN-HONG H

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Lecture

GIRV 1112

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11:00 AM - 12:15 PM

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