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Robots, Androids, Clones and Transhumanism in Literature, Film and Culture

Course CVL0001026 in WS 2022/3

General Data

Course Type workshop
Semester Weekly Hours 1.5 SWS
Organisational Unit Academic Programs WTG
Lecturers Stefanie Fricke
Assistants:
Franziska Recknagel
Dates Wed, 09:00–10:30, 1229

Further Information

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additional remarks Since antiquity humans have been fascinated by the idea of artificial life and have imagined its creation in different media. Thus, long before these fictions can become reality, literature and art already provide fictional spaces in which fundamental questions can be asked: Why do humans want to create artificial life? How do they treat the resulting creatures? How can we define “human”? Which gender dynamics are involved? How are society and human relationships changed by the existence of artificial life forms? And are there borders which should not be crossed? In this seminar we will discuss the current state of science, technology and ethics and analyze the depiction of artificial life forms in literature (e.g. in Ovid´s Metamorphoses, E. T. A. Hoffman´s “Der Sandmann”; Mary Shelley´s “Frankenstein”; the stories of Isaac Asimov and contemporary novels such as Kazuo Ishiguro´s “Klara and the Sun”), films (e.g. Metropolis, Blade Runner and Blade Runner 2049, Robocop, Ex Machina, Moon), TV series (e.g. Star Trek, Westworld, Black Mirror, Humans) and other media (computer games, comics and graphic novels). Students are very welcome to suggest additional texts and films.
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Equivalent Courses (e. g. in other semesters)

SemesterTitleLecturersDates
SS 2024 Creativity Without Limits? Science and Technology in the View of Literature and Theater Lughofer, I. singular or moved dates
SS 2024 Robots, Androids, Clones and Transhumanism in Literature, Film and Culture Fricke, S. Thu, 09:00–10:30, 1229
and singular or moved dates
WS 2023/4 "Am I Faust?" - Roles. Clichés. Visions. Science and Technology in the View of Literature and Theater Lughofer, I.
WS 2023/4 Hitchhiking across the Galaxy? Ideas, Irritations, Inspirations for Living in the Future Lughofer, I. Mon, 10:00–17:00
WS 2023/4 Robots, Androids, Clones and Transhumanism in Literature, Film and Culture Fricke, S. Wed, 09:00–10:30, 1229
SS 2023 Elemental forces, Wildlife, Ecosystem - Science and Technology in the View of Literature and Theater Lughofer, I. singular or moved dates
SS 2023 Robots, Androids, Clones and Transhumanism in Literature, Film and Culture Fricke, S. Wed, 09:00–10:30, 1229
WS 2022/3 "Am I Faust?" - Roles. Clichés. Visions. Science and Technology in the View of Literature and Theater Lughofer, I. singular or moved dates
SS 2022 "Am I Faust?" - Roles. Clichés. Visions. Science and Technology in the View of Literature and Theater Lughofer, I.
SS 2022 Robots, Androids, Clones and Transhumanism in Literature, Film and Culture Fricke, S. Wed, 09:00–10:30, 1229
and singular or moved dates
WS 2021/2 Robots, Androids, Clones and Transhumanism in Literature, Film and Culture Fricke, S.
Assistants: Recknagel, F. 		singular or moved dates
WS 2021/2 Shakespeares New Technologies (Imagining past and future technologies by reading and staging "Hamlet") Leroy, E.
Assistants: Recknagel, F. 		singular or moved dates
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