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Syllabus

Unit I

Introduction to Sci-Fiction-genres-themes-discussions

Poetry
“A Martian Sends a Post card Home”- Craig Raine
‘Einstein Ruminates on Relativity’– A. Van Jordan

Unit II

Movies
War of the Worlds-Steven Spielberg
Interstellar- Christopher Nolan
Arrival- Denis Villeneuve
The Martian- Ridley Scott
Avatar- James Cameron

Unit III

Series
Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey

Short Story
The Sentinel- Arthur C. Clarke
Nightfall- Isaac Asimov

Course Objective

Explore how we understand ourselves in a perpetually shifting present.
Observe how and why we cast ourselves into the future, into alternative contemporary realities, into variations on being.
Provide an open forum to discuss topics such as the early origins of Sci-fi, Utopias, Dystopias, Soft Sci-fi, Hard Sci-fi, Time Travel, Women in Sci-fi, Cybernetics and Sci-fi, Issues of gender, ecology, language, power, genetic engineering, and imaginative literature.

Course Outcomes

  • CO1: Recognizethe relationship between science and society.
  • CO2:Explainthe sub-genres and tropes of science fiction.
  • CO3: Analyze the individual’s role in technology and development.
  • CO4: Evaluate the representative works of science fiction and fantasy in a larger cultural, intellectual, and aesthetic context.

CO-PO Mapping

  PO1  PO2  PO3  PO4  PO5  PO6  PO7  PO8  PO9 PO10 PO11 PO12
CO1  2     1 1 3 3 3 3 3   2
CO2        1 1 1 1 3 3 3    
CO3        1 1 1 3 3 1 2   2
CO4        3 1 3 3 3 1 1   2

Evaluation Pattern

Assessment components Weightage (Internal) Weightage (External)
Continuous Assessment 40  
Mid Term 20  
End Semester   40

References

  1. Poetry by Heart, www.poetrybyheart.org.uk/poems/a-martian-sends-a-postcard-home. Accessed 18 Apr. 2024.
  2. Quantum Lyrics: Poems: Jordan, A. Van: 9780393333121: Amazon.Com: Books, www.amazon.com/Quantum-Lyrics-Poems-Van-Jordan/dp/0393333124. Accessed 18 Apr. 2024.
  3. Kennedy, Kathleen, et al. War of the Worlds. Paramount Pictures, 2005.
  4. Christopher Nolan. Interstellar. Amazon Prime.2015.
  5. “Arrival.” Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, 2017.
  6. “The Martian.” Amazon Prime. 2015.
  7. Kubrick, Stanley, et al. 2001, a Space Odyssey. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1968.
  8. “Star Trek.” IstitutoGeografico De Agostini, 2008.
  9. Belson, Jordan. Cosmos. Jordan Belson, 1970.
  10. Clarke, Arthur C., and Lebbeus Woods. The Sentinel. Ibooks, 2004. Asimov, Isaac. Nightfall: Twenty SF Stories. 1971.

Suggested Reading

  1. Parrinder, Patrick (ed)- Science Fiction: A Critical Guide (1979), Longman Publishers, London &NewYork.
  2. G. Wells: War of the Worlds.
  3. Ray Bradbury: The Martian Chronicles.
  4. Aldous, Huxley. Brave New World, London: Vintage, 2004.
  5. Margaret, Atwood. The Handmaid’s Tale, London: Vintage, 1998.

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