Course Details
Country:
United Kingdom
Institution:
University of York
Course Title:
British Science Fiction & Fantasy
Course Number:
ENG00079H
Course Description:
From the 1890s British Science fiction and fantasy has consistently created texts that are the archetypes of the genre, inventing themes which are being reused and reinvented up to the present day. Films like Battle L.A. ultimately derive from H. G. Wells’ depiction of Martian invasion in The War of the Worlds, whilst the intricate fantasy world of Game of Thrones owes a great deal to the Middle Earth of Tolkien’s Lord of The Rings. This module will look at some of the shorter classics of the genres, such as H. G. Wells The War of the Worlds and The Island of Dr Moreau and C. S. Lewis’ The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe and The Silver Chair. Though texts like the Lord of the Rings or the Harry Potter sequence are too long to set formally, students familiar with the books or films are welcome to throw these
Language:
English
Approved Equivalent:
Pending For Approval
Course URL:
https://www.york.ac.uk/students/studying/manage/programmes/module-catalogue/module/ENG00079H/latest
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