Peering into Possibility: Speculative Fiction and the Now

Cod y Modiwl
WL11920
Teitl y Modiwl
Peering into Possibility: Speculative Fiction and the Now
Blwyddyn Academaidd
2026/2027
Semester
Semester 1
Cyd-gysylltydd y Modiwl
Dr Martina Saric
Rhestr Ddarllen
Gweld ar Aspire
Staff Eraill sy'n Cyfrannu

Dulliau Asesu

Math o Asesiad

Manylion Asesiad

Cyfran
Asesiad Semester Portfolio/Essay 1: 2000 Words 50%
Asesiad Semester Portfolio/Essay 2: 2000 Words 50%
Asesiad Ailsefyll Portfolio/Essay 1: 2000 Words 50%
Asesiad Ailsefyll Portfolio/Essay 2: 2000 Words 50%

Canlyniadau Dysgu

Wedi cwblhau'r modiwl dylai'r myfyrwyr fedru:

  1. Demonstrate an understanding of a range of Speculative Fiction texts.
  2. Consider the interdisciplinary nature of both literary studies and creative writing.
  3. Demonstrate an understanding of how contextual features of 'the now' feed into fictive visions of the future.
  4. Engage in critical self-reflection in order to identify better ways of working.
  5. Demonstrate an understanding of the confluence of critical and creative thinking.

Disgrifiad cryno

This module will act as an introduction to the genre(s) of speculative fiction. It will engage with a range of short stories and fiction produced in the last century, each text acting as an entry point into a topic of speculation. Topics include: space travel, the climate crisis, the future of AI, aliens and otherness, space colonisation, utopianism, and genetic manipulation. Students will also consider theoretical approaches, concepts and ideas with regard to speculative fiction from a range of writers, such as Timothy Morton, Donna Haraway, Darko Suvin, and Ursula Le Guin. Alongside this, students will collaborate in creative and critical responses to tasks within teaching sessions.

Cynnwys

Session One: How do I speculate?

Session Two: What is out there? Cosmic Horror

Session Three: Should I stay or should I go? Space colonisation

Session Four: The space workshop

Session Five: Am I human? Selfhood

Session Six: Are you human? Subjectivity

Session Seven: The cyborg workshop

Session Eight: Where do we go? Escaping existential threats

Session Nine: When will it happen? First contact and climate change

Session Ten: Were we right?

Sgiliau Modiwl

Math o Sgiliau

Manylion Sgiliau
Cydlynu ag erail Students will be required to work in groups, reading and discussing complex and challenging material and responding to informally set tasks.
Cyfathrebu proffesiynol Students will be required to produce work that is of a high written quality, investigating complex ideas clearly, coherently and formally.
Gallu digidol Students will be consider texts from different medias and will need to access digital material.
Meddwl beirniadol a dadansoddol Students will consider a variety of texts and theories, and look to respond originally to them.
Myfyrdod Students will be required to discuss their working practices and consider how effective these are.
Sgiliau Pwnc-benodol Students will need to show their ability to consider text, theory and contexts effectively.

Nodau

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