SCIENCE FICTION FILM AND LITERATURE
- Course
- COMM531 - SCIENCE FICTION FILM AND LITERATURE
- Department
- Communication and Media Studies - English - Master
- Course Type
- Course
- Status
- Required
- Language
- English
- Credit
- 3
- ECTS
- 10
- T+P+L
- 3 + 0 + 0
- Course Coordinator(s)
- -
- Prerequisite
- -
- Keywords
Course Description
This course aims to teach students to develop an advanced understanding of critical perspectives in science fiction film and literature. In this context this course focuses on critical skills in thinking about the role of science fiction within contemporary societies. From this point of view, the course examines European and American science fiction literature and film traditions with a special emphasis on cyberpunk literature and films
SCIENCE FICTION FILM AND LITERATURE
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Course outcomes
- 01 Students will be able to being conscious about the genre, science fiction.
- 02 Students will be able to understand codes and conventions used in science fiction.
- 03 Students will be able to identify different sub-genres in science fiction.
- 04 Students will be able to analyse important works in science fiction films and literature.
Course Syllabus
| Week | Topic |
|---|---|
| Week 1 | Introduction to the course/ going through the syllabus and explanation of the expectations from students |
| Week 2 | What is Science Fiction? The Roots of Science Fiction- Film Screening: "Prophets of Science Fiction-Mary Shelley" |
| Week 3 | Mysterious Lore, Marvelous Tech: The 1930s -Film Screening: James Whale's "Frankenstein (1931)" |
| Week 4 | Hard-Boiled Science Fiction: The 1940s -Film Screening: "Prophets of Science Fiction-Jules Verne" |
| Week 5 | The Grand Master: H.G Wells -Film Screening: "Prophets of Science Fiction- H.G. Wells" |
| Week 6 | Onward and Outward: The 1950s, Space Travel, Apocalypticism -Film Screening: "Prophets of Science Fiction: Robert A. Heinlein" |
| Week 7 | A New Set of Questions: The “New Wave” of the 1960s and 1970s -Film Screening "Prophets of Science Fiction -Arthur C. Clarke" |
| Week 8 | Mid-Term Exam Week |
| Week 9 | A New Set of Questions: The 'New Wave' of the 1960s and 1970s -Film Screening: Stanley Kubrick's "2001: A Space Odyyssey" (1968) |
| Week 10 | The Grand Master: Isaac Asimov -Film Screening: "Prophets of Science Fiction -Isaac Asimov" |
| Week 11 | Computer Revolution and Cyberpunk Science Fiction -Film Screening: "Prophets of Science Fiction -Philip K. Dick" |
| Week 12 | Popular Science Fiction and George -Film Screening: Prophets of Science Fiction -Philip K. Dick" |
| Week 13 | European Science Fiction -Film Screening: Fritz Lang's "Metropolis" (1927) |
| Week 14 | Russian Science Fiction -Film Screening: Andrei Tarkovsky's "Solaris" (1972) |
| Week 15 | Final Exam Week |
Reference Books & Course Materials
- 01 Lecturer’s notes on CIU Moodle
Learning Outcomes
- L01 Students will be able to being conscious about the genre, science fiction.
- L02 Students will be able to understand codes and conventions used in science fiction.
- L03 Students will be able to identify different sub-genres in science fiction.
- L04 Students will be able to analyse important works in science fiction films and literature.
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