October 19, 2001

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