123424 SE Literary & Cultural Studies Seminar / BA Paper / MA British/Irish/New English (2014W)
Imag(in)ing the Impossible: Time travel in fiction and film
Continuous assessment of course work
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There will be a mandatory conference session on Friday, December 5th, 9 - 18.00. Please note that full attendance is a prerequisite for passing this course.
Registration/Deregistration
Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).
- Registration is open from Mo 08.09.2014 00:00 to Fr 12.09.2014 18:00
- Registration is open from Tu 23.09.2014 00:00 to Th 25.09.2014 23:59
- Deregistration possible until Fr 31.10.2014 23:59
Details
max. 20 participants
Language: English
Lecturers
Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N
There will be a mandatory conference session on Friday, December 5th, 9 - 18.00. Please note that full attendance is a prerequisite for passing this course.
- Monday 13.10. 16:00 - 18:00 Raum 3 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-13
- Monday 20.10. 16:00 - 18:00 Raum 3 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-13
- Monday 27.10. 16:00 - 18:00 Raum 3 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-13
- Monday 24.11. 16:00 - 18:00 Raum 3 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-13
- Monday 01.12. 16:00 - 18:00 Raum 3 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-13
- Friday 05.12. 08:00 - 12:00 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
- Friday 05.12. 12:00 - 14:00 Besprechungsraum Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O2-07
- Friday 05.12. 14:00 - 18:00 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
- Monday 15.12. 16:00 - 18:00 Raum 3 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-13
- Monday 19.01. 16:00 - 18:00 Raum 3 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-13
- Monday 26.01. 16:00 - 18:00 Raum 3 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-13
Information
Aims, contents and method of the course
This course will deal with the fictional phenomenon of time travel. We will be looking at the foundational text of the genre, H.G Wells's The Time Machine, and at other examples of time travel literature from the 20th and 21st centuries to examine the diversity of the genre and probe into the poetics and politics of time travel.
Assessment and permitted materials
- term paper
- participation in class
- presentations
- participation in class
- presentations
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
This class aims at providing students with the competences and skills, as well as the necessary theoretical and historical background, to analyse time travel literature from a variety of perspectives, and to turn their thoughts and arguments into coherent academic writing.
Examination topics
- discussion groups
- student presentations (individual and/or in groups)
- research tasks
- student presentations (individual and/or in groups)
- research tasks
Reading list
both primary and secondary material will be provided on the moodle platform
Association in the course directory
Studium: UF 344, BA 612, MA 844;
Code/Modul: UF 4.2.4-322, BA09.2, 10.2, MA4, MA6, MA7;
Lehrinhalt: 12-0373
Code/Modul: UF 4.2.4-322, BA09.2, 10.2, MA4, MA6, MA7;
Lehrinhalt: 12-0373
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