Seminar: 3.02.140 S Communicating Science - Engaging (with) Nature: Film & Television Documentaries and the Environment - Details

Seminar: 3.02.140 S Communicating Science - Engaging (with) Nature: Film & Television Documentaries and the Environment - Details

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Course name Seminar: 3.02.140 S Communicating Science - Engaging (with) Nature: Film & Television Documentaries and the Environment
Subtitle
Course number 3.02.140
Semester WiSe24/25
Current number of participants 31
maximum number of participants 36
Home institute Institute of English and American Studies
Courses type Seminar in category Teaching
Next date Friday, 18.10.2024 08:00 - 10:00, Room: A01 0-004
Type/Form
Lehrsprache englisch
ECTS points 6

Rooms and times

A01 0-004
Friday: 08:00 - 10:00, weekly (14x)

Module assignments

Comment/Description

The end of times is a popular device of storytelling, that imagines the future as marked by destruction, upheaval and lack of safety. This course will be focusing on apocalyptic and dystopian narratives by African American women and the issues they highlight, from gender, sexuality and racism to reproductive, social, and environmental justice. Students will be introduced to the concept of (post)-apocalyptic and dystopian fiction, Afrofuturism and Posthumanism that relate to contemporary and historical contexts. The goal of this seminar is to engage with the idea of the end of times as a literary device and to discuss society and power hierarchies as well as the discourses related to gender, racial, class and (dis)ability.
In addition to secondary material uploaded on Stud.IP, the following novels must be purchased, read and prepared by the respective session as given in the syllabus:
• Octavia Butler. Parable of the Sower. 1993.
• Jesmyn Ward. Salvage the Bones. 2011.
• N. K. Jemisin. The Fifth Season. 2015

Admission settings

The course is part of admission "ang612-615 Aufbau Lit/Cult".
The following rules apply for the admission:
  • A defined number of seats will be assigned to these courses.
    The seats in the affected courses have been assigned at 27.09.2024 on 08:00. Additional seats may be available via a wait list.
  • The enrolment is possible from 23.09.2024, 06:00 to 31.12.2024, 23:59.
  • This setting is active from 23.09.2024 06:00 to 31.12.2024 23:59.
    At least one of these conditions must be fulfilled for enrolment:
    • Subject is English Studies
    • Subject is Anglistik
    • Degree is Anpassungslehrgang
    • Subject is Englisch
    • Degree is Erw.fach Gymnasium
    • Subject is Gender Studies
  • This setting is active from 23.09.2024 06:00 to 27.09.2024 08:10.
    Enrolment is allowed for up to 1 courses of the admission set.
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