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2010–2011
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ENGFS4
Option: Anglo-American Science Fiction
6
ECTS
Periods
Language of instruction
English
Type or level of studies
Advanced studies
Course unit descriptions in the curriculum
- ENGFS4 Options
English Philology
School of Modern Languages and Translation Studies
School of Modern Languages and Translation Studies
General description
- Thu 12-14 A3098 (SAVOLAINEN)
The course provides a survey of Anglo-American science fiction within the framework of the general development of the genre since Mary Shelley, Jules Verne and H. G. Wells to the Cyberpunk of the 1980s and beyond. The topics to be introduced include the idea of estrangement, the relationship between utopias/dystopias and science fiction, and the interconnections of fantasy, science fiction and mainstream literature. We will be reading short texts by C. L. Moore, Aisaac Asimov, Ursula Le Guin, J. G. Ballard, and William Gibson, among others. In addition we will watch Fritz Lang?s Metropolis (1926) and Ridley Scott?s Blade Runner (1982).
Assessment: group participation, presentation in class, essay of 10-12 pages.
Enrolment for University Studies
Teachers
Teaching
13-Jan-2011
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28-Apr-2011