Readings - Undisciplined Cultures

Literature and Technology after Postmodernism



English 350 - Fall 2001

Jay Clayton, Vanderbilt University

 

 

Books

Students should order their books online. The book covers below contain links that will take you directly to each title at Ecampus.com. Ecampus.com has prices competitive with those of the other online booksellers, and its privacy policy is superior to that of Amazon.com. You will want to order all of your books from one outlet (if possible) and at one time, because consolidating your order reduces shipping costs. If ecampus should run out of stock or have a long shipping period for some reason, these books are also available at Barnesandnoble.com or Amazon.com.

Note that Patchwork Girl is a CD-ROM available only from Eastgate Systems.

 

 

Andrea Barrett
Ship Fever (1996)

Shelley Jackson, Patchwork Girl (1995)
(Eastgate Systems disk)



Philip Kerr
A Philosophical Investigation (1992)

Roger McDonald, Mr. Darwin's Shooter (1998)

Richard Powers,
The Gold Bug Variations (1991)

 

Richard Powers, Plowing the Dark (2000)

 

Mary Shelley, Paul J. Hunter (Ed.), Frankenstein: The 1818 Text (Norton) (Ecampus.com)

Tom Stoppard, Arcadia (1993) (Ecampus.com)

 

Additional reading (novels):

Octavia E. Butler, The Xenogenesis Trilogy (1987-89)
A. S. Byatt, Angels and Insects (1994)
Nancy Kress, Beggars in Spain (1993) and Beggars and Choosers (1994)
Marge Piercy, He, She, and It (1991)
Bruce Sterling, Holy Fire (1996)
Fay Weldon, The Cloning of Joanna May

 

 

 

Films

 

A.I. (2001)
Steven Spielberg, dir.

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Blade Runner (1982)
Ridley Scott, dir.

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Gattaca (1997)
Andrew Niccol, dir.

The Matrix (1999)
Andy Wachowski and
Larry Wachowski, dir.

Memento (2000)
Christopher Nolan, dir.

Suture (1993)
Scott McGehee and
David Siegel, dir.

 

Timecode (2000)
Mike Figgis, dir

 

 

 

 

Additional viewing

Genetics:


The Boys from Brazil (1978) Franklin J. Schaffner, dir.
The Island of Dr. Moreau (1996), John Frankenheimer
A Modern Affair (1996), Vern Oakley, dir.
The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997), Steven Spielberg, dir.
Lebensborn (1997), David Stephens, dir.

 

Postmodernism:

The Adjuster (1991), directed by Atom Egoyan
Blade Runner (1982; 1992), directed by Ridley Scott
Brazil (1985), directed by Terry Gilliam
Fight Club (1999), directed by David Fincher
Pulp Fiction (1994), directed by Quentin Tarantino
Until the End of the World (1991), directed by Wim Wenders. Written by Peter Carey
The Usual Suspects (1995), directed by Bryan Singer

 

Films about the Net, Cyborgs, and Virtual Reality:

Alien (1979), Ridley Scott (dir.)
Aliens (1986), James Cameron (dir.)
Alien III (1992), David Fincher (dir.)
Alien: Resurrection (1997), Jean-Pierre Jeunet (dir.)
AntiTrust (2001), Peter Howitt (dir.)
Conceiving Ada (1997)Lynn Hershman-Leeson, dir
Disclosure (1994), Barry Levinson (dir.)
Gattaca (1997), Andrew Niccol (dir.)
Hackers (1995), Iain Softley (dir.)
Hardware (1989), Richard Stanley (dir.)
Johnny Mnemonic (1995), Robert Longo (dir.); based on a story by William Gibson.
The Lawnmower Man (1992), Brett Leonard (dir.); based on a story by Stephen King.
Lawnmower Man 2: Beyond Cyberspace (1996), Farhad Mann (dir.)
RoboCop (1987), Paul Verhoeven (dir.)
Sneakers (1992), Phil Alden Robinson (dir.)
Strange Days (1995), Kathryn Bigelow (dir.); based on a story by James Cameron
The Terminator (1984), James Cameron (dir.)
Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991), James Cameron (dir.)
THX 1138 (1970), George Lucas (dir.); Lucas's first feature film
Total Recall (1990), Paul Verhoeven (dir.); based on a story by Philip K. Dick
TRON (1982), Steven Lisberger (dir.)
Videodrome (1983), David Cronenberg (dir.)
Virtuosity (1995), Brett Leonard (dir.)
War Games (1970), Hy Averback (dir.)

 

 

 

 

Jay Clayton
Vanderbilt University
Vanderbilt English