Seminar: 3.02.991 S The Shape of Water: Issues and Representation of Water in Environmental Film and Literature - Details

Seminar: 3.02.991 S The Shape of Water: Issues and Representation of Water in Environmental Film and Literature - Details

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Veranstaltungsname Seminar: 3.02.991 S The Shape of Water: Issues and Representation of Water in Environmental Film and Literature
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Veranstaltungsnummer 3.02.991
Semester SoSe2020
Aktuelle Anzahl der Teilnehmenden 10
erwartete Teilnehmendenanzahl 25
Heimat-Einrichtung Institut für Anglistik/Amerikanistik
Veranstaltungstyp Seminar in der Kategorie Lehre
Erster Termin Dienstag, 21.04.2020 14:00 - 16:00, Ort: (Online)
Art/Form
Lehrsprache englisch
ECTS-Punkte 9KP (mit Projekt: 12KP)

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A03 4-402
Dienstag: 14:00 - 16:00, wöchentlich (11x)
(Online)
Dienstag: 14:00 - 16:00, wöchentlich (2x)

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At the center of the study of this course is water – as a construct, as medial representation, as an elemental agent that has been shaped by and that in itself shapes cultural and natural history, as contested and endangered resource, or as ethical, material, and aesthetic concern. To study water in manifestations as multifaceted as these is an ambitious undertaking, which is why this class's focus on the genres of (new) nature writing and environmental film documentaries aims to facilitate our studies. Questions that will guide our readings are, for instance, what values, powers, and beauties are ascribed to water? What are the narratives that are told, or not told, about water and its relations with humans, other animals, or ecological processes? What ethical as well as aesthetical concerns are broached in our reading materials? And what particular challenges does the Anthropocene pose to the usage, understanding, exploitation, and representation of water? In what ways are human lives shaped by water as an autonomous elemental force?
Please purchase and read/watch the following reading/film materials: Rachel Carson’s The Sea Around Us (1951); Roger Deakin’s Waterlog (1999); Watermark (2013) directed by Jennifer Baichwal and Edward Burtynsky; and Blue (2017) directed by Karina Holden. Additional reading materials will be available on Stud.IP at the beginning of the semester.

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