Science Fiction

Science Fiction & Modern Fantastic. Open to
BFA-3 and BFA-4 students only.
This creative writing class focuses on
contemporary cross-genre works of science
fiction, horror and fantasy. Students are
introduced to genre works, ranging from turn of
the century horror to contemporary fabulists and
fantasists, and to the present practices of the
"new weird," "slipstream" and "bizarro" fiction.
Short writing projects are peer reviewed in a
workshop format. Students may write works in the
genre of their choice: fiction, poetry,
screenplay. Sub-genres include ghosts and
hallucinations, early weird writing, the
fantastic, fairy tales, the uncanny, new wave
speculative science fiction, body horror,
post-humanism and post-Anthropocene fiction.
Students are introduced to key critical
perspectives on the literature of science fiction
and fantastic. Guest lecturers include local
authors, filmmakers and artists.