alien-paper

Up to 10 points of extra credit is available for a 2-3 page paper analyzing aliens in a work of popular culture such as a novel, film, or tv series. The paper must apply a monster theory and must relate the chosen work to at least one topic and assigned work discussed in this course. Potential works include Frankenstein (novel, 1818), Close Encounters of the Third Kind (film, 1973), E.T. (film, 1982), Brother from Another Planet (film, 1984), Blood Music (novel, 1985), Ender’s Game (novel, 1985), The Children Star (novel, 1998), I, Robot (film, 2004), Ex Machina (film, 2014), Blade Runner 2049(film, 2017), The Shape of Water (film, 2017)