This course is an online reading and writing workshop with the intent of providing young scholars the fundamental skills required to objectively analyze a work of science fiction, fantasy or magical realism, and engage in an online academic discussion with peers. Students will observe how authors present as fact the scientifically plausible, the sheer fanciful, and the absurd though conceivable. The objective of this course is to encourage students to develop their abstract thinking skills by defining reality in the scope of each work in order to better understand their own world. The course begins with a history of the three alter-realism genres, placing them within the realm of intellectual history. Students will have a work from each genre to study, during which the students will learn to identify the differences between each genre and the essentials elements involved in the creation of each work. Further readings will help the student identify the literary techniques of authors and the strategies applied in order to provide the young scholar with the toolkit to create his or her own piece of alter-reality writing.
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