Course Details
Country:
France
Institution:
Sciences Po - Paris campus
Course Title:
DHUM 25A09 - Utopian and Dystopian Visions in Literature, Film and the Arts
Course Number:
15072
Course Description:
The terms ‘utopia' and ‘dystopia' have been cropping up with greater frequency these days, be they used in reference to popular and/or powerful works of fiction or art, or to growing political discourse about a society heading in the ‘right' or ‘wrong' direction, or to current social, environmental and health issues, including the current worldwide pandemic, that have us either looking toward some ideal future or, more often, dreading things will get much worse. However, the notions of ‘utopia' and ‘dystopia' have been around for centuries and have played a key role in the development of societies throughout that long, storied development. The class will be transdisciplinary and deal with utopian and dystopian visions in literature, painting, film, television and political discourse both past and present. The course will successively cover the main themes and concerns of these various ‘schools' of utopia (alotopias, primitivism, Robinsonades, blueprint utopias, etc.) and dystopia
Language:
English
Approved Equivalent:
Pending For Approval
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