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Seminar: 10-M80-2-ExMo1+2-13 Physics and Fiction - Details

Seminar: 10-M80-2-ExMo1+2-13 Physics and Fiction - Details

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Veranstaltungsname Seminar: 10-M80-2-ExMo1+2-13 Physics and Fiction
Untertitel
Veranstaltungsnummer 10-M80-2-ExMo1+2-13
Semester SoSe 2025
Aktuelle Anzahl der Teilnehmenden 23
erwartete Teilnehmendenanzahl 20
Heimat-Einrichtung Anglistik/Amerikanistik
Veranstaltungstyp Seminar in der Kategorie Lehre
Vorbesprechung Mittwoch, 09.04.2025 16:15 - 17:45, Ort: GW1 A0160
Erster Termin Mittwoch, 09.04.2025 16:15 - 17:45, Ort: GW1 A0160
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Englischsprachige Veranstaltung Ja

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GW1 A0160
Mittwoch: 16:15 - 17:45, wöchentlich (14x)

Kommentar/Beschreibung

Physics has often been understood as the opposite of fiction: formulae vs narrative, reality vs constructedness, in short, fact vs fiction. This has not discouraged writers to take up the challenge of merging the two, as a long tradition of science fiction attests. However, the interest in representing physics, physicists and their work on the part of what is considered 'literary fiction' seems to be more recent. This interdisciplinary seminar, co-taught by a physicist and a literary scholar focuses on representations of physics specifically in contemporary fiction. In a rare setting with students from both the English and the Physics departments, as well as across the universities of Oldenburg and Bremen, we will read at least one full science novel and several other science-related short stories and poems. This term, our focus will be on the topic of space and specifically on literary representations of the International Space Station (ISS) programme. 

Please, buy and read the following novels:
• Ra Page, ed. Litmus: Short Stories from Modern Science. Manchester: Comma Press, 2011. [ISBN-13: 978-1-905583-33-1]
• Samantha Harvey. Orbital. London: Vermilion, 2024. [ISBN: 978-1-5299-2293-6]
In addition, we will read poetry written for, about and on the ISS by, among others, US poet laureate Ada Limón.

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