Explores the history of science fiction writing in the context of genuine historical events and issues in the background, and in SciFi narratives and cinema. SciFi retells the story of colonialism, exploration, and racism. In the work of two generations of more recent authors, via Afrofuturism and dystopianism, SciFi also contests that story with new plots and social messages. Students will leave the class with an appreciation of historical methodology and narrative. Students will encounter and understand cinematic and visual vocabularies as well as textual tropes.