Universität Wien

123425 SE Literary & Cultural Studies Seminar / BA Paper / MA British/Irish/New English (2011W)

Science Fiction: The Classics

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

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Details

max. 18 Teilnehmer*innen
Sprache: Englisch

Lehrende

Termine (iCal) - nächster Termin ist mit N markiert

  • Donnerstag 13.10. 14:00 - 16:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
  • Donnerstag 20.10. 14:00 - 16:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
  • Donnerstag 27.10. 14:00 - 16:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
  • Donnerstag 03.11. 14:00 - 16:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
  • Donnerstag 10.11. 14:00 - 16:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
  • Donnerstag 17.11. 14:00 - 16:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
  • Donnerstag 24.11. 14:00 - 16:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
  • Donnerstag 01.12. 14:00 - 16:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
  • Donnerstag 15.12. 14:00 - 16:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
  • Donnerstag 12.01. 14:00 - 16:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
  • Donnerstag 19.01. 14:00 - 16:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
  • Donnerstag 26.01. 14:00 - 16:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19

Information

Ziele, Inhalte und Methode der Lehrveranstaltung

Science fiction, the transmedial mode devoted to constructing alternative worlds, arguably presents one of the most challenging forms of literature. Reading (or viewing) sci fi involves one extra intellectual effort over and above the one necessary for reading more realistic forms of literature. In works of science fiction, we encounter societies, technologies, laws of nature and forms of life which are startlingly different from what we know, a fact which attests to both the exuberant creativity and the politically utopian potential of the genre. In this course, we will investigate some of the key novels, films, TV-series and comics, analyse sci fi's types, forms and prime concerns and follow sci fi's changing course throughout the different stages of its long and successful history.

Art der Leistungskontrolle und erlaubte Hilfsmittel

Assessment will be on the basis of attendance, active participation, a presentation, a written exam and a seminar paper.

Mindestanforderungen und Beurteilungsmaßstab

This course aims at a) presenting basic generic features and key works of sci fi b) teaching a topic-related analytical toolkit c) enabling students to apply their knowledge and skills in their own projects d) alerting students to related issues such as feminist literary theory and the cultural history of literature.

Prüfungsstoff

eLearning, group work, lecture, audio- and video-excerpts, classroom discussion, student presentation, home study, seminar paper.

Literatur

Texts are already available at the Facultas campus bookshop! PLEASE START READING EARLY! 2001: A Space Odyssey; Blade Runner; Star Wars; Doctor Who; The Matrix; Alien; Arthur C Clarke, Childhood's End; Frank Herbert, Dune; Philip K. Dick, The Man in the High Castle; Ursula K. Le Guin, The Left Hand of Darkness; Joanna Russ, The Female Man; Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy; William Gibson, Neuromancer; Siegel/Shuster, Superman.

Zuordnung im Vorlesungsverzeichnis

Studium: Diplom 343, UF 344, BA 612, MA 844;
Code/Modul: Diplom 322, 326/328, 336/338, 426/428, 436/438, 526/528, 536/538, 721-723, 821, UF 4.2.4-322, BA09.2, 10.2, MA4, MA6, MA7;
Lehrinhalt: 12-0265

Letzte Änderung: Mo 07.09.2020 15:33