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| I study history and English Lehramt Gymnasium, 11th semester
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| == Possible Final Essay Topics ==
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| '''SF Genre Theory'''
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| *What is Science Fiction?
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| '''Star Trek vs. Star Wars'''
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| *A comparison of genres taking ST and SW as examples
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| *Can Star Wars be classified as fantasy? Science Fantasy? Space Opera?
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| *Why do people (fans) need/use genres? What do they expect from a certain genre? Are genres really that bad?
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| *How does/does not recent scholarly discussion on genres reflect general views on genres and/or the categorization of media (literature, film etc.)
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| *How do the views of fans and scholars differ? What do they have in common?
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| <s>'''Star Trek and the American frontier'''
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| *the American frontier (myth) reflected/represented/mirrored in Star Trek</s>
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| == Current reading list ==
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| *Kanzler, Katja, 2004: 'Infinite Diversity in Infinite Combinations'. The Multicultural Evolution of Star Trek. Universitätsverlag Heidelberg.
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| *Pinsky, Michael, 2003: Future Present. Ethics and/as Science Fiction, Associated University Press London.
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| *Johnson-Smith, Jan, 2005: Amercian Science Fiction TV. Star Trek, Stargate and beyond. Tauris London.
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| *Gentejohann, Volker, 2000: Narratives from the Final Frontier. A Postcolonial Reading of the Original Star Trek Series. Frankfurt am Main.
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| * for leisure: William Gibson: Spook Country/John Irving: A Son Of The Circus
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| == Resources ==
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| *Science Fiction in the Information Age: http://tinyurl.com/ysvsk5
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Genre Conventions and the Star Trek Universe
| PDF Version
Please consider the respective copyrights applying.