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124220 SE Cultural and Media Studies Seminar (2022S)

Imagining the Future through Science Fiction

11.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 12 - Anglistik
Prüfungsimmanente Lehrveranstaltung
Moodle

An/Abmeldung

Hinweis: Ihr Anmeldezeitpunkt innerhalb der Frist hat keine Auswirkungen auf die Platzvergabe (kein "first come, first served").

Details

max. 18 Teilnehmer*innen
Sprache: Englisch

Lehrende

Termine (iCal) - nächster Termin ist mit N markiert

Please note: on March 7 & 14, the course will take place ONLINE (see Moodle)

  • Montag 07.03. 14:15 - 15:45 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
  • Montag 14.03. 14:15 - 15:45 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
  • Montag 21.03. 14:15 - 15:45 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
  • Montag 28.03. 14:15 - 15:45 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
  • Montag 04.04. 14:15 - 15:45 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
  • Montag 25.04. 14:15 - 15:45 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
  • Montag 02.05. 14:15 - 15:45 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
  • Montag 09.05. 14:15 - 15:45 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
  • Montag 16.05. 14:15 - 15:45 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
  • Montag 23.05. 14:15 - 15:45 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
  • Montag 30.05. 14:15 - 15:45 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
  • Montag 13.06. 14:15 - 15:45 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
  • Montag 20.06. 14:15 - 15:45 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
  • Montag 27.06. 14:15 - 15:45 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19

Information

Ziele, Inhalte und Methode der Lehrveranstaltung

What is science fiction? How is science fiction different from other kinds of cultural texts that include “speculation”? This course explores the evolution of the genre through some of the key sci-fi texts, including the TV series Westworld and the recent graphic novel adaptation of Octavia E. Butler’s Parable of the Sower. The course will examine how, through various tropes, works of science fiction emphasize sociocultural and political problems that we face in the real world. Air pollution and climate change, police brutality and anti-Black violence, ableism, sexism, xenophobia, and neocolonialism are the issues that sci-fi narratives predict, imagining the future – the twenty-first-century world. The course will meticulously engage with the scholarship in the field of science fiction to understand the history of the genre and the cultural, social, and political meanings of selected works of science fiction.

Art der Leistungskontrolle und erlaubte Hilfsmittel

Requirements:

Attendance and active participation in course discussions (a maximum of two absences will be allowed); an expert session; an essay; a sci-fi story; an abstract; a term paper.

Mindestanforderungen und Beurteilungsmaßstab

• Active participation in class discussions: 20%
• Expert Session: 30%
• Term paper: 50%
• Essay: pass/fail
• Sci-fi story: pass/fail
• Abstract: pass/fail

To pass the course, students need to attain at least 60% and complete all assignments.

Prüfungsstoff

There will be no written exam at the end of the course.

Literatur

Students need to purchase the following novels, films, and TV series:

• John Brunner, The Sheep Look Up (1972)
• Damian Duffy, Octavia E. Butler, and John Jennings, Parable of the Sower: A Graphic Novel Adaptation (2020)
• Paul Verhoeven, RoboCop (1987)
• Colm McCarthy, The Girl with All the Gifts (2016)
• Westworld, Season 1: “The Maze” (2016)

All other texts will be made available via Moodle.

Please note: Parable of the Sower: A Graphic Novel Adaptation is available via the University library. If you are fine with reading an e-copy of the graphic novel, you do not need to buy the book.

Zuordnung im Vorlesungsverzeichnis

Studium: BA 612, MA 844; MA 844(2);
Code/Modul: BA 09.2; MA6, MA7; MA 844(2) 4.1, 4.2;
Lehrinhalt: 12-0405

Letzte Änderung: Mo 07.03.2022 09:08