Do you have some free time over the next 11 weeks? Then I’ve found a great project for you!

The University of Michigan is offering the following great course.

Fantasy and Science Fiction: The Human Mind, Our Modern World

We understand the world — and our selves — through stories. Then some of those hopes and fears become the world.

“Fantasy is a key term both in psychology and in the art and artifice of humanity. The things we make, including our stories, reflect, serve, and often shape our needs and desires. We see this everywhere from fairy tale to kiddie lit to myth; from “Cinderella” to Alice in Wonderland to Superman; from building a fort as a child to building ideal, planned cities as whole societies. Fantasy in ways both entertaining and practical serves our persistent needs and desires and illuminates the human mind. Fantasy expresses itself in many ways, from the comfort we feel in the godlike powers of a fairy godmother to the seductive unease we feel confronting Dracula” Continued Here