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Teaching Mars Literature

Authors :
Lockard, Joe
Goggin, Peter
Source :
Science & Education. Jun 2023 32(3):821-844.
Publication Year :
2023

Abstract

The paper describes an upper-division university course in Mars literature taught online since Fall 2013. The course readings comprise six novels relating to Mars. Authors include H.G. Wells, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Ray Bradbury, Phillip K. Dick, Greg Bear, and Kim Stanley Robinson. After an introduction, sections of the paper discuss course organization and syllabus, Americanist conceptual approaches, anti-colonialism, habitat sustainability, and pedagogical possibilities for future discussion of Mars literature. The paper argues for a fiction-based approach to understanding historical and potential future relationships with Mars and Mars science.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
0926-7220 and 1573-1901
Volume :
32
Issue :
3
Database :
ERIC
Journal :
Science & Education
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
EJ1376280
Document Type :
Journal Articles<br />Reports - Evaluative<br />Information Analyses
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11191-022-00333-3