LITR 4632: Literature of
the Future
Sample Student final exams 2007
Copy of 2007 final exam assignment
Sample answers to Essay 1 or part 1: Referring to 4 (or more) texts since the midterm, organize a discussion of 1 or more of objective 2's “scenarios of the future” or some other theme, issue, or thread . . . .
"Virtually or Actually: Keeping it Real"
"Future's Connection with the Past"
"On Alien Contact and Exploration: Our Own Alien Invasion"
"Searching For A Place Called Home"
Excerpt: "Maybe the Amish have it figured out"
Sample answers to Essay 2 or part 2: Conclude the course with an expansive overview or an intensive refocusing of your experience with Literature of the Future. . . .
"Intensive Refocusing of Apocalyptic Narratives: What If It’s Not Our Apocalypse?"
"How our Today affects Tomorrow"
"Looking Beyond and Going Deeper"
Sample answers combining parts 1 & 2 into a single essay
"Fiction for a Dose of Reality"
"Science Fiction and the Pursuit of Happiness"
"One Person's Utopia is Another's Dystopia"