Film, Media, Theater 330EA - Advanced Courses in History and Theory: 'Envisioning Apocalypse'

With ever more dire news about our planetary future hitting the headlines regularly, what better time to look at how human beings past and present have envisioned the demise of the earth or our species? In this course we will study representations of apocalyptic futures from illuminated manuscripts, from illustrated poetry, and from science fiction films that waver between hope for escape and doomsday scenarios. Along the way we will also take seriously nonfiction representations of global crises, analyzing how phenomena like climate change and galactic collision are represented across media forms, including infographics, visual models, digital memes, and documentary films

This course is open to juniors and seniors; Prereq: FMT-102 (or FLMST-201) or FMT-104 (or FLMST-220MD).