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Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Literature and Science Syllabus - Mumbai University 2026

Syllabus for Literature and Science

Major elective · English · Semester 6 · TY BA · 4 credits · 100 marks · 60 hours

Module 1: Background Topics

  • 1 A Brief History of Science Fiction
  • 2 The Relationship between Science and Literature
  • 3 Themes, Ideas, Issues incorporated in Science Fiction
  • 4 Elements of Science Fiction (futuristic settings, advanced technology, speculative world-building, encounters with the unknown, ethical dilemmas etc.)
  • 5 Types of Science Fiction (Cyberpunk, Utopia and Dystopia, Apocalypse and Post-Apocalypse, Space Opera, Time travel, Extraterrestrial Sci-Fi, Artificial Intelligence etc.)

Module 2: Science Fiction

  • Robert Louis Stevenson: Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1886)

Module 3: Short Science Fiction

  • 1 Ray Douglas Bradbury: “A Sound of Thunder”
  • 2 Manjula Padmanabhan: “The Pain Merchant”
  • 3 Ursula Kroeber Le Guin: “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas”
  • 4 Subodh Jawdekar: “A Journey into Darkness”

Module 4: Cinematic Visions of Science Fiction

  • Interstellar (2014)

Reference Books

  • 1 Bradbury, Ray Douglas. The Stories of Ray Bradbury. Alfred A. Knopf, 1980. (Includes “A Sound of Thunder”).
  • 2 Le Guin, Ursula Kroeber. The Wind’s Twelve Quarters. Harper & Row, 1975. (Includes “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas”).
  • 3 Nolan, Christopher, director. Interstellar. Warner Bros., 2014. Amazon Prime Video. https://www.amazon.com/Interstellar-Matthew- McConaughey/dp/B00TU9UFTS
  • 4 Padmanabhan, Manjula. Unprincess. Scholastic India, 2005. (Includes “The Pain Merchant”)
  • 5 Phondke, Bal, editor. It Happened Tomorrow. National Book Trust, 1993. (Includes Subodh Jawdekar’s “A Journey into Darkness”)
  • 6 Stevenson, Robert Louis. Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. 1886. Penguin Classics, 2003.
  • 7 Miller, Ron. The History of Science Fiction. Franklin Watts, Canada, 2001.
  • 8 Roberts, Adam. Science Fiction. Routledge, London, 2000. Web Sources:
  • 9 “Science Fiction Predictions That Became Reality.” Popular Science, https://www.popsci.com/predictions-sci-fi-writers-got-right/.
  • 10 “How Science Fiction Ideas Influenced Real Scientific Breakthroughs.” Space.com, https://www.space.com/science-fiction-turned-reality.html.
  • 11 “South Asian Science Fiction and Speculative Literature.” Kalpabiswa, https://kalpabiswa.in/article/y7n1a25.
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