2021 Physics in Contemporary Fiction

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  • Modul: ang622 ('Akzentsetzung'), phy355 (physikalische Wahlstudien), pb113, pb114
  • Lecturer: Petra Groß and Anna Auguscik
  • Course: 3.02.152
  • Time: Wednesday 10-12h
  • Venue: online via Stud.IP, BBB meetings
  • Course Description: [Physik wird oft als Gegenteil von ‚fiction‘ verstanden: Formel statt Narrativ, Realität statt Konstrukt, kurzum Fakt statt Fiktion. Das hat AutorInnen von ‚science fiction‘ in vielen Dekaden der Gattungsgeschichte nicht davon abgehalten sich ausgerechnet dieser Naturwissenschaft zu nähern. Das Interesse des ‚literarischen‘ Romans ist deutlich jünger: Wie viel Physik steckt in solchen Romanen und wie wichtig ist sie für die Texte? Wie funktioniert diese Repräsentation im Kontext der ‚Zwei Kulturen‘? Wie können PhysikerInnen und LiteraturwissenschaftlerInnen von einer gemeinsamen Lektüre solcher Romane profitieren?]

Please, buy and read the following novels:

  • McEwan, Ian. Solar [2010]. London: Vintage, 2011.
  • Page, Ra, ed. Litmus: Short Stories from Modern Science Manchester: Comma Press, 2011.


PLEASE NOTE: Use the time until the beginning of term to immerse yourself in the reading of the novel and the short story anthology. Additional materials for preparation, as well as the detailed syllabus, will be made available here and/or on Stud.IP.


Session 1:

  • Welcome: Please read our message under 'Ankündigungen on Stud.IP'; familiarize yourself with the draft syllabus that you find here and note the course requirements for 3 KP (students in Physics, Engineering) or 6 KP (students in English/American Studies)
  • For 3 KPs:
  • (1) active participation in the course (you should not miss more than 3 sessions)
  • (2) input presentation on a topic referring to the physics or presentation regarding the media-specific, i.e. narratological aspects of the primary reading
  • For additional 3 KPs (i.e. 6 KPs in total)
  • (3) one seminar paper (10-12 pp), based on the topic of your presentation (upload to Stud.IP and hand in as print version by 15 March).
  • We will meet on Stud.IP (go to our course --> 'meetings' --> no camera, mute microphone (we will add these as we proceed)

Session 2:

  • Contexts:
  • Reading and discussion:
  • Tasks: (see Stud.IP)

Session 3:

  • Contexts:
  • Reading and discussion:
  • Tasks: (see Stud.IP)

Session 4:

  • Contexts:
  • Reading and discussion:
  • Tasks: (see Stud.IP)

Session 5:

  • Contexts:
  • Reading and discussion:
  • Tasks: (see Stud.IP)

Session 6:

  • Contexts:
  • Reading and discussion:
  • Tasks: (see Stud.IP)

Session 7:

  • Contexts:
  • Reading and discussion:
  • Tasks: (see Stud.IP)

Session 8:

  • Contexts:
  • Reading and discussion:
  • Tasks: (see Stud.IP)

Session 9:

  • Contexts:
  • Reading and discussion:
  • Tasks: (see Stud.IP)

Session 10:

  • Contexts:
  • Reading and discussion:
  • Tasks: (see Stud.IP)

Session 11:

  • Contexts:
  • Reading and discussion:
  • Tasks: (see Stud.IP)

Session 12:

  • Contexts:
  • Reading and discussion:
  • Tasks: (see Stud.IP)

Session 13:

  • discussion
  • evaluation

Session 14:

  • discussion of research papers
  • feedback on evaluation
  [Hand in research papers until 15 September 2021]

Tools

Primary Reading

  • see above

Further Reading

cf. Stud.IP/files

Literary and cultural reading

  • Solar:
  • Litmus:

Science reading

Quotes

Links