The goal of this course is to form a broad discussion about the links between science and literature with special focus on linguistics.
On the one hand, literary texts can benefit from the findings of basic sciences, and the science-fiction genre can be given as a typical example of this relationship. On the other hand, it would be a mistake to state that the connection is always from the sciences to literature as there are many situations in which literature and litterateurs guided science. Remaining within the bounds of the latter relationship, this course will essentially investigate into the nature of this interaction between literature and science. To this end, academic studies on the subject will be reviewed, and literary works that are representatives of this relationship will be examined in detail.