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Literature in Focus: Environmental Science Fiction (2024/2025: periode 4)
Cursusdoel
- gain an overview of the current trend in popular culture towards environmental themes and aesthetics
- learn how to analyze literary and cinematic science fiction from different disciplinary angles
- use science fiction narratives to reflect on the notion of the human in relation to environmental change
Relation learning goals to assessments
tba
Vakinhoudelijk
Summer 2025 topic: Environmental Science Fiction
In this course we will discuss works of literary and cinematic science fiction that explore the constructive, mutual relationship between humans and their changing environments. Whereas science fiction has mostly focused on technology, in an age of climate change we are witnessing the emergence of different, environmental science fiction narratives. These narratives show that we are human not just by virtue of being part of culture, but also in relation to the biological and physical bodies that compose our environments on all scales (notably, the human body is itself an environment for microbial life). In such stories, the environment is not merely a “background” to human action; rather, it is constitutive of the human. As scholars in environmental studies have argued, environmental fiction is important in making the often abstract complexity of environmental change imaginable—a prerequisite for moving toward more sustainable societies.
Alongside science fiction, we will read key theoretical texts from across the disciplines that discuss the topic of human-environment entanglement (e.g. theories of science fiction, posthumanism, symbiosis). Participants from any discipline will be encouraged to develop their own perspectives on the intersection of humanity, culture, and the environment in the twenty-first century, and to do so in a creative format.
Format tbc
Instructional formats include short lectures, class discussions, presentations, and a short and a long essay.
Contact hours tbc
Wednesdays: 11AM - 3PM
Fridays: 11AM - 3PM
Werkvormen
Toetsing
participation
Verplicht | Weging 10% | ECTS 0,75
short paper
Verplicht | Weging 20% | ECTS 1,5
final paper
Verplicht | Weging 40% | ECTS 3
Essay plan
Verplicht | Weging 10% | ECTS 0,75
Presentation
Verplicht | Weging 20% | ECTS 1,5
Ingangseisen en voorkennis
Ingangseisen
Er is geen informatie over verplichte ingangseisen bekend.
Voorkennis
Recommended courses: [UCHUMLIT11] Introduction to Literature or [UCHUMMES11] Intro to Comparative Media Studies.
Voertalen
- Engels
Competenties
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Academisch schrijven
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Interdisciplinariteit
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Kritisch lezen
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Onderzoeksvaardigheden
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Presenteren
Cursusmomenten
Gerelateerde studies
Tentamens
Er is geen tentamenrooster beschikbaar voor deze cursus
Verplicht materiaal
Er is geen informatie over de verplichte literatuur bekend
Aanbevolen materiaal
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DIVERSESecondary articles about the primary and theoretical texts
Opmerkingen
Topic of course changes every few years
Coördinator
dr. S.P. van Bommel | s.p.vanBommel@uu.nl |
Docenten
dr. M. Tabur | m.tabur@uu.nl |
Inschrijving
Naar OSIRIS-inschrijvingen
Permanente link naar de cursuspagina
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