From Frankenstein to Einstein: Literature and Science from 1800 to 1950

Spring 2010 ENGL 1560R S01

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Instructor: Vanessa L. Ryan

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Course Description

Science and literature as interrelated ways of knowing and learning, focusing on questions of language, observation, interpretation, and value. Themes include utopias and dystopias, evolution and degeneration, man and machine, entropy and chaos, and the relationship between literary imagination and scientific creativity. Readings include poems, plays, novels, and essays (Mary Shelley, Tennyson, Huxley, Arnold, Holmes, Wells, Stoppard) alongside a range of scientific writing (Darwin, Faraday, Huxley, Gould, James Watson). Enrollment limited. First-year students need instructor permission to register; Banner registrations after classes begin require instructor approval.

Instructor's Description

There is a waiting list for this course. Preference will be given, if spaces open up, to students fulfilling concentration requirements in English and STS.