An outline of a "co-emergent" pedagogical perspective describes the conceptual framework for an advanced university-level English-as-a-Foreign-Language (EFL) course. The course framework, which involves choosing and studying a brief science fiction story, allows for transcultural encounters via a transactional literary approach in which the various components of curriculum action exist in a dynamic and mutually specifying relationship. This paper describes the theoretical-methodological framework of the course, its objectives, the choice of the short short story, the syllabus, class management, and evaluation policy. (Contains 15 references.) (CNP)