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  HS Literature in the Digital Age (AE_HSL-DA)

Lecturer
Prof. Dr. Rudolf Freiburg

Details
Hauptseminar
2 cred.h, ECTS studies, Sprache Englisch
Time and place: Wed 10:15 - 11:45, C 601

Prerequisites / Organisational information
Modulzugehörigkeit, Zulassungsvoraussetzungen, Prüfung
  • BA English and American Studies: Hauptmodul A (301) Literature (Zulassungsvoraussetzung: Zwischenmodul II) - Hausarbeit

  • Lehramt Englisch an Gymnasien: Hauptmodul L-GYM Literature (Zulassungsvoraussetzung: Zwischenmodul Literature) - Hausarbeit (80 %)

  • MA English Studies: Core Module: Literature (module 4051, exam 40511) - Written assignment (15 pages, 80%) and handout (2–3 pages, 20%)

  • MA English Studies: Master Module II: Literature (module 8360, exam 83601) - Written assignment (15 pages, 80%) and handout (2–3pages, 20%)

  • MA Literaturstudien – intermedial und interkulturell: Modul 4

Contents
The technical developments in the 21st Century, already called ‘The Digital Age’ by some critics, deeply influence all aspects of contemporary life. The private sphere of the individual, for instance, has never before been threatened by constant surveillance in such a drastic way. In this seminar, we will analyse the psychological, sociological, hermeneutical and aesthetic impacts digital media and artificial intelligence (may) have on contemporary society. The reading list will encompass fictional texts such as E. M. Forster’s The Machine Stops (1928), Dave Egger’s The Circle (2013), Liza Elliott's Everything is Known (2018), and Ian McEwan’s Machines Like Me (2019), but also non-fictional texts such as Sherry Turkle’s Alone Together (2011) and Reclaiming Conversation (2015). The seminar will end with a study of recent developments in hyperfiction.

Additional information
Maximale Teilnehmerzahl: 20
Registration is required for this lecture.
Registration starts on Monday, 10.2.2020, 19.00 and lasts till Saturday, 18.4.2020, 22.00 über: mein Campus.

Verwendung in folgenden UnivIS-Modulen
Startsemester SS 2020:
Anglistik, Modul E (M 4)
Core Module Literature (Core Lit)
Master Module II: Literature (Master II: Lit)

Department: Chair of English Literature (Prof. Dr. Freiburg)
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