Robots, Androids, Clones and Transhumanism in Literature, Film and Culture
Course CVL0001026 in WS 2023/4
General Data
| Course Type | workshop |
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| Semester Weekly Hours | 1.5 SWS |
| Organisational Unit | Academic Programs WTG |
| Lecturers |
Stefanie Fricke |
| Dates |
Wed, 09:00–10:30, 1229 |
Assignment to Modules
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CLA21901: Rollen. Klischees. Visionen. Wissenschaft und Technik im Blick von Literatur und Theater / Roles. Clichés. Visions. Science and Technology in the View of Literature and Theater
This module is included in the following catalogs:- Catalogue of soft-skill courses
Further Information
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| additional remarks | Since antiquity, people have been fascinated by the idea of artificial life and have imagined its creation in various media. Thus, long before these fictions could become reality, literature and art already provided fictional spaces in which fundamental questions could 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 and technology 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”, short stories by Isaac Asimov and other writers, and in Kazuo Ishiguro´s “Klara and the Sun”), films, TV series and other media (computer games, comics and graphic novels). Students are very welcome to suggest texts and films. |
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| Links |
E-Learning course (e. g. Moodle) TUMonline entry |