Handouts

Ford
Link
Miéville

Interpretive Essay Assignment

Web links (under development)
 

Miscellaneous
Evolution of Capitalism and the Arts
Work of Art as Commodity
Marxist Criticism for Beginners

Essay guidelines

This course is devoted to a sweeping consideration of literary examples and theoretical issues related to the controversial category of "slipstream fantasy."

Texts

Ford, Jeffrey. The Fantasy Writer’s Assistant and other stories. Golden Gryphon, 2002.
Kelly, James Patrick and John Kessel, eds. Feeling very Strange. Tachyon Publications, 2006.
Link, Kelly. Stranger Things Happen. Small Beer Press, 2001.
Miéville, China. Looking for Jake. Del Rey, 2005.
Rodrigues, Luis. Breaking Windows. Prime Books, 2003.
Straub, Peter, ed. Conjunctions 39: The New Fabulists. Conjunctions, 2002.

Important web sites
Bruce Sterling's seminal essay: http://www.eff.org/Misc/Publications/Bruce_Sterling/Catscan_columns/catscan.05
Home page of Strange Horizons: http://www.strangehorizons.com/
Home page of Fantastic Metropolis: http://www.fantasticmetropolis.com/
Fredric Jameson,  "The Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism," chapter 1

Interview (2002) with M. John Harrison (excellent questions and replies)

For more information, contact WilliamBurling@missouristate.edu