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Root number
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519405 |
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Semester
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HS2026 |
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Type of course
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Seminar |
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Allocation to subject
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English Languages and Literatures |
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Type of exam
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not defined |
| Title |
When the Century Turns: Speculating Futures ca 1900 and 2000 (BA FS Seminar: Literature) |
| Description |
When a century ends and a new one begins, anxieties and desires about the future emerge particularly strongly. Imaginations of the future, as “the most concrete time of conjunction” (Augé, The Future, 1), can be understood as “expressions of the essential solidarity between the individual and society” (3). Literary texts are especially pertinent in negotiating these two dimensions and often “reengage with differing elements of the past as a way of moving into the future” (Friedman, Contemporary Revolutions, 6). Looking at two novels published around the turn of two centuries, ca 1900 and 2000, we will consider how the looming presence of a new century fuels the imagination of possibilities. Reading H.G. Wells’s Time Machine (1895) and Nalo Hopkinson’s Midnight Robber (2000) side by side, we will consider how these literary texts each project contemporary social issues into speculations of the future.
Content Warnings: Sexual assault, child abuse, abortion. Language now considered racist occurs in Time Machine.
Should you be concerned about any or all these themes in the reading and the discussions, please contact the instructor. Appropriate care will be taken in approaching the discussions in class.
Required Reading:
Wells, H.G. The Time Machine. [1895]. London: Penguin Books, 2005.
Hopkinson, Nalo. Midnight Robber. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 2000.
The texts must be read before the first session; your knowledge of it may be subject to examination. Should you use different editions, it is your responsibility to translate the page numbers of your editions to ease the discussion in class. Please make sure you have printed editions available to work with in class. Additional material will be uploaded on ILIAS. |
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| Lecturers |
Marion Irena Troxler, Institute of English Languages and Literatures ✉
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ECTS
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4 |
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Recognition as optional course possible
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No |
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Grading
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passed/failed |
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| Dates |
Wednesday 10:15-12:00 Weekly
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| Rooms |
Seminarraum F -106, Hörraumgebäude Unitobler
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