Literary Roundtable: Climate Fiction

When:
Monday, Jan 15, 2024 7:15p -
Monday, Feb 19, 2024 8:45p

Where:
Beacon Hill Books & Cafe
71 Charles Street
Boston, MA 02215

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Admission:
$275

Categories:
Lectures & Conferences, Meetup, Rainy Day Ideas, University

Event website:
https://bhbooks.gatherlearning.com/events/literary-roundtable-series-imagining-the-future-with-climate-change-fiction

About the Course:

In this course, we consider what the future could look like through climate change fiction that won’t let dystopia have the last word. We will sample works from this movement, from canonical apocalyptic pieces in the final decade of the 20th century to works from the past five years that ask the same question from different perspectives—and offer different answers. We will examine how dystopian, utopian, and apocalyptic stories are altered or challenged when read through the lens of decolonial thought and indigeneity, gender and sexuality, race, and class.


Each week, a novel is coupled with handouts excerpting essays, poetry collections, or graphic novels to offer a fuller scope of the work’s representative place in a conversation that is as urgent as it is visionary.


About the Instructor: Karina Mathew is a fiction writer, activist, and scholar of 20th- and 21st-century contemporary literature at Harvard University. Her research focuses on speculative fiction, women’s literature, and the environment. In 2022 she was one of eight Harvard Horizons Scholars, a cross-campus award for which she delivered her public talk, “Imagining Extraterrestrial Contact.”


I‌nstructor: Karina Mathew


Meeting Time: Mondays, 7:15-8:45pm


Sessions

Mon, Jan 15, 7:15-8:45pm EST

Mon, Jan 22, 7:15-8:45pm EST

Mon, Feb 5, 7:15-8:45pm EST

Mon, Feb 19, 7:15-8:45pm EST


There are four required books for this course. These books are included in your registration fee and will be available for in-store pick-up prior to the first session.



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