Octavia E. Butler's Parable of the Sower Class

This course explores Octavia E. Butler’s Parable of the Sower (1993), a dystopian novel that follows Lauren Oya Olamina, a young Black woman with hyperempathy, as she navigates a collapsing society and develops her own belief system, Earthseed. Through close reading, discussion, and critical analysis, we will examine the novel’s themes of climate change, systemic inequality, religion, and resilience.