This course examines the life, works, and career of pioneering Black science fiction author Octavia E. Buter within the historical and cultural context of the twentieth century. We also pay close attention to how Butler’s oeuvre charts the arc of American history from the Civil Rights Movement to the Iraq war and the significance of Butler’s prophetic warnings in the novels, short stories, and critical writings by and related to Butler’s canon.
Students are expected to maintain the highest standards of academic integrity. All work submitted must be original and properly cited. Plagiarism, cheating, or any form of academic dishonesty will result in immediate consequences as outlined in the university's academic integrity policy.
This class strictly enforces the Georgia Tech Honor Code. Do not submit work that is not your own. When direct quotations are used, they should be indicated, and when the ideas of another are incorporated into a paper, they must be appropriately acknowledged.
This course is meant in part to improve and evaluate your writing ability. For this reason, for the purposes of this class, any student found to have used AI technologies or programs (e.g. Chat GPT) to compose part or all of any submitted work will face the same penalties as a student who submits plagiarized work (i.e. a failing grade in the course).
For more details, see GT’s Academic Honor Code.