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Seminar: 10-76-4-D2/WD2-08 Key Topics in Literature: Science Short Stories - Details

Seminar: 10-76-4-D2/WD2-08 Key Topics in Literature: Science Short Stories - Details

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Veranstaltungsname Seminar: 10-76-4-D2/WD2-08 Key Topics in Literature: Science Short Stories
Untertitel
Veranstaltungsnummer 10-76-4-D2/WD2-08
Semester SoSe 2026
Aktuelle Anzahl der Teilnehmenden 16
erwartete Teilnehmendenanzahl 30
Heimat-Einrichtung Anglistik/Amerikanistik
Veranstaltungstyp Seminar in der Kategorie Lehre
Nächster Termin Mittwoch, 27.05.2026 16:15 - 17:45, Ort: GW1-HS H1010
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Englischsprachige Veranstaltung Ja

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GW1-HS H1010
Mittwoch: 16:15 - 17:45, wöchentlich (14x)

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There is a strong 20th century tradition of science fiction short stories - both across North America and Great Britain. Indeed the SF short story celebrates something of a centenary as Amazing Stories, an American science fiction magazine, was first launched in April 1926 by Hugo Gernsback. As part of this seminar, we will pay homage to this anniversary though we will mostly keep our eyes on the development of how science is represented in 21st century short fiction and how this is done across SF, speculative fiction but also, especially, historical and realist fiction.

This interdisciplinary seminar in 'blended learning format' (mostly online via Stud.IP/BBB, 1-2 offline meetings at Bremen University in June), co-taught by a physicist and a literary scholar focuses on representations of scientists, scientific methods and scientific practice in contemporary short fiction. In a rare setting with students across the universities of Oldenburg and Bremen, we will read a diverse range of science-related short stories from the Anglophone world. Thematically, our focus will vary from medical research, physics and space, to expeditionary practice and environmental concerns.

Please, buy and read ONE of the following short story anthologies and collections:
• Ra Page, ed. Litmus: Short Stories from Modern Science. Manchester: Comma Press, 2011. [ISBN: 978-1-905583-33-1 [Add to Citavi project by ISBN] ]
• Ted Chiang. Stories of Your Life and Others. 2002. London: Picador, 2024.
• Pippa Goldschmidt. Schrödinger’s Wife (and Other Possibilities). London: Goldsmith Press, 2024. https://pippagoldschmidt.co.uk/books/schrodingers-wife-and-other-possibilities/
• Bruce Meyer, ed. Cli-Fi: Canadian Tales of Climate Change. Chicago, IL: Independent Publishers Group, 2017. [ISBN: 978-1-550966-70-1 [Add to Citavi project by ISBN] ] https://www.ipgbook.com/cli-fi-products-9781550966701.php

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