ENGL 3901

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ENGL 3901
Utopia

Course information provided by the 2024-2025 Catalog. Courses of Study 2024-2025 is scheduled to publish mid-June.

With the publication of his Utopia, Thomas More coined the name of a new genre of literature in which the writer posits an ideal society – and sometimes an impossibly ideal society. In this course, we'll explore the sources of More's Utopia in political philosophy and its legacy in speculative, socialist, and science fiction. What do these literary experiments tell us about how society would have to be organized to be free of sexism, racism, inequality, war, and ecological ruination. Authors may include Thomas More, James Harrington, Margaret Cavendish, Daniel Defoe, William Morris, Marge Piercy, Ursula LeGuin, Toni Morrison.


Last 4 Terms Offered 2025SP

Distribution Category (ALC-AS, SCD-AS)

When Offered Spring.

Comments This course counts toward the pre-1800 requirement for English majors.

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one seminar and one independent study. Combined with: ENGL 3901

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 19016 ENGL 3901   SEM 101

  •  
    • TR
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025

    • Kalas, R

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 19019 ENGL 3901   IND 601

  •  
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025

    • Kalas, R

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ENGL 3901

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 19018 ENGL 3901   SEM 102

  •  
    • TR
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025

    • Kalas, R

  • Instruction Mode: In Person