Difference between revisions of "2012-13 MM Fictional Scientists"

• Time: Fri, 8:00 - 12:00
• Venue: A10 1-121a
• Lecturers: Anna Auguscik and Anton Kirchhofer

• Course Description:

(Schulbezug: naturwissenschaftlich vs. sprachlich-(musisch)-künstlerisch;

Bezug auf aktuelle Debatte über Genetik, Klimawandel und Naturwissenschaften, i.e. climate change and life sciences;

hitorisch: fictional scientists as stereotypes/caricatures;

Romane in Kontxt der öffentlichen Debatte, die sich mit diesen Themen beschäftigen und in denen die Wissenschaftler als 'round characters' rather than stereotypes vorgestellt werden

besonders: 3-stündiges Format dient zur Einbeziehung innovativer Lehrformen (welche? e.g. verzahnte Gruppenarbeit); Doppelkompetenzen, z.B. Englisch & Biologie; wie betriff uns die Konkurrenz der Natur- und Geisteswissenschaften?

lustige Romane)

• Students should purchase and read in advance (the first can be purchased via the internet and will be made available for copying; the latter two are available at the CVO-bookshop):
  • David Lodge, Thinks... (2001)
  • Simon Mawer, Mendel's Dwarf (1997)
  • Ian McEwan, Solar (2010)

• Additional materials for preparation, as well as the detailed syllabus, will be made available here.

• Course Requirements: cf. Modulbeschreibung MM 9 Media and Markets

26.10.2012

Introduction

02.11.2012

• Simon Mawer, Mendel's Dwarf (1997): narration, characterization, themes and plot structure

09.11.2012

• David Lodge, Thinks... (2001): narration, characterization, themes and plot structure

16.11.2012

• Ian McEwan, Solar (2010): narration, characterization, themes and plot structure

23.11.2012

Guardian

30.11.2012

Nature

   [Specify research interest until ]

07.12.2012

Two Cultures

14.12.2012

Topics

Presenters

Reading

21.12.2012

Topics

Presenters

Reading

11.01.2013

Topics

Presenters

Reading

18.01.2013

Topics

Presenters

Reading

25.01.2013

Topics

Presenters

Reading

    [Hand in RPOs until ]

01.02.2013

08.02.2013

    [Hand in seminar papers until 28 February]

Bibliography

Novels

• Simon Mawer, Mendel's Dwarf (1st ed.: 3 July 1997, Doubleday)
• David Lodge, Thinks... (1st ed.: March 2001, Secker & Warburg)
• Ian McEwan, Solar (1st ed.: 18 March 2010, Random House)

Further Reading

• Reviews of Simon Mawer, Mendel's Dwarf
  • Sarah Crown, "A life in books." The Guardian, Saturday 3 October 2009. (Interview with Simon Mawer)

• Reviews of David Lodge, Thinks...
  • John Sutherland, "Just think of that." The Guardian, Monday 12 March 2001.
  • Adam Mars-Jones. "It was cognition at first sight." The Observer, Sunday 18 February 2001.
  • Ian Sansom, "Think tank". The Guardian, Saturday 3 March 2001.
  • "Thinks... by David Lodge. Condensed in the style of the original, with alternating narrators.", The Guardian, Friday 9 March 2001.

• Reviews of Ian McEWan, Solar
  • Alison Flood, "McEwan's new novel will feature media hate figure." Guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 4 August 2009.
  • Andrew Anthony, "Ian McEwan: The literary novelist with a popular appeal." The Observer, Sunday 28 February 2010.
  • David Adam, "McEwan: Failure at Copenhagen climate talks prompted novel rewrite." Guardian.co.uk, Friday 5 March 2010.
  • Nicholas Wroe, "Ian McEwan: 'It's good to get your hands dirty a bit'." The Guardian, Saturday 6 March 2010.
  • John Crace, "Digested Read: Solar by Ian McEwan." The Guardian, Tuesday 9 March 2010.
  • Christopher Tayler, "Solar by Ian McEwan." The Guardian, Saturday 13 March 2010.
  • Nick Cohen, "Ian McEwan's Solar: it's green and it should be read." The Observer, Sunday 14 March 2010.
  • Jason Cowley, "Solar by Ian McEwan." The Observer, Sunday 14 March 2010.
  • Jonathan Jones, "Ian McEwan, Rachel Whiteread and the frozen north." Guardian.co.uk, Friday 16 April 2010.
  • Stefan Rahmstorf, "What climate scientists think of Ian McEwan's Solar book." From RealClimate, part of the Guardian Environment Network. Guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 5 May 2010.
  • Alison Flood, "Ian McEwan collects award for novel that tackles climate change." Guardian.co.uk, Friday 28 May 2010.
  • Nicholas Lezard, "Solar by Ian McEwan – review." The Guardian, Saturday 26 February 2011.

Tools

• Handout: (Non-)literary texts
• Handout: Narratology

Quotes

Ideas

• fikationale Wissenschaftler als eigenartige Romanfiguren (vgl. Lucacs)
• Karikaturen/Stereotypen (vgl. Weingart und Hanyes)
• Präsentationen:
• Darstellunge der Wissenschaftler
  • Problematisierung der subjektivierung des Wissenschaftlers im öffentlichen Diskurs
  • Two Cultures: novels + reviews
  • Rezensionsverhalten: Nature + Guardian (1 oder 2 Sitzungen); Fragen an Rezensionen; Fragen zu wiss. Themen und ihrer Behandlung

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