UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA
OFFICE OF GRADUATE STUDIES
Defense of a Doctoral Dissertation
THE CODING OF POSTHUMANISM:
MUT(IL)ATION, TRAUMA
AND INFECTION IN CONTEMPORARY
SPECULATIVE FICTION
by
GERALD R. LUCAS
for the Ph.D. degree in English-Literature
Friday, October 19, 2001
1:00 p.m.
CPR-202
THE PUBLIC IS INVITED
Examining Committee:
Victor E. Peppard, Ph.D., Chairperson
Phillip J Sipiora, Ph.D., Major Professor
Elizabeth A. Hirsh, Ph.D.
Anthony J Kubiak, Ph.D.
Gary A. Olson, Ph.D.
Renu Khator Dean, College of Arts and Sciences
Dale E. Johnson Dean, Office of Graduate Studies