ENG380
CONTEMP FICTION: LIT SPECULTNS
Also listed under 1 other title
- EARLY AMER POPULAR CULT
- Department
- English
- Terms offered
- 5
- Data refreshed
- Jun 30, 2026
Description
Section information text: This course considers how an abiding interest in the potential of the Asia Pacific region has informed speculative fiction of the late twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Drawing on transpacific discourses that frame the martial, ideological, and cultural encounters between North America and Asia(s), we begin by considering how Asia-and Asianness-was imagined and construed in early American fiction and popular culture. We then move to consider works of Asian diasporic literature and film that subvert these depictions and speculate on the environmental and geopolitical viability of an "Asian future." We will explore a range of issues within this speculative landscape, including (but not limited to) race and racialization, gender and reproductive futurity, contact and contagion, empire and displacement, economic precarity, and environmental catastrophe.
Syllabi
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Offering history & forecast 2009–2019
| Year | Fall | Spring | Summer | Intersession |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2030 | 2030 Fall: 10% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 1 of 9 fall terms since 2018. | 2030 Spring: 9% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 1 of 9 spring terms since 2018. | 2030 Summer: 7% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 0 of 9 summer terms since 2018. | 2030 Intersession: 8% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 0 of 6 intersession terms since 2020. |
| 2029 | 2029 Fall: 9% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 1 of 10 fall terms since 2017. | 2029 Spring: 9% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 1 of 10 spring terms since 2017. | 2029 Summer: 6% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 0 of 10 summer terms since 2017. | 2029 Intersession: 7% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 0 of 7 intersession terms since 2017. |
| 2028 | 2028 Fall: 9% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 1 of 11 fall terms since 2016. | 2028 Spring: 8% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 1 of 11 spring terms since 2016. | 2028 Summer: 5% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 0 of 11 summer terms since 2016. | 2028 Intersession: 7% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 0 of 7 intersession terms since 2017. |
| 2027 | 2027 Fall: 8% chance, high confidence. Offered in 1 of 12 fall terms since 2015. | 2027 Spring: 8% chance, high confidence. Offered in 1 of 12 spring terms since 2015. | 2027 Summer: 5% chance, high confidence. Offered in 0 of 12 summer terms since 2015. | 2027 Intersession: 6% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 0 of 7 intersession terms since 2017. |
| 2019 | 1 section | Not offered | Not offered | No data for this term |
| 2018 | Not offered | 1 section | Not offered | No data for this term |
| 2017 | Not offered | Not offered | Not offered | Not offered |
| 2016 | Not offered | Not offered | Not offered | No data for this term |
| 2015 | Not offered | Not offered | Not offered | No data for this term |
| 2014 | Not offered | Not offered | Not offered | No data for this term |
| 2013 | Not offered | 1 section | Not offered | No data for this term |
| 2012 | Not offered | Not offered | Not offered | No data for this term |
| 2011 | Not offered | Not offered | Not offered | No data for this term |
| 2010 | Not offered | Not offered | Not offered | No data for this term |
| 2009 | Not offered | Not offered | Not offered | No data for this term |
Future estimates combine recent offering frequency with detected multi-year cycles. Hover a cell for confidence and evidence; low-confidence estimates are marked with ~.
Meeting times
Most recent first- Thu, 2:50 PM–5:50 PM Anderson House, English Dept LEIR I 2003
- Mon, Wed, 11:00 AM–12:15 PM Anderson House, English Dept LEIR I 2002
| Term | Professor | Type | Credits | Enrollment | CRN |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall 2019 | Claire Gullander-Drolet | Lecture | 1 | 2 of 20 enrolled | 27365 |
| Spring 2018 | Betsy Huang | Lecture | 1 | 7 of 20 enrolled | 36466 |
| Spring 2013 | Betsy Huang | Lecture | 1 | 3 of 20 enrolled | 32576 |
| Fall 2003 | Heather L. Roberts | Lecture | 1 | 5 of 20 enrolled | 20795 |
| Fall 2002 | Heather L. Roberts | Lecture | 1 | 2 of 21 enrolled | 26421 |