CRN 35783
Professor Dorothee Ostmeier
T/Th 4:00-5:20

Discussion of Magic and Non-Human Dynamics
from German Romanticism to Utopias and Dystopias in Expressionist films and Contemporary
Sci-Fi Thrillers.
Readings include texts by the Brothers Grimm, and uncanny
and weird texts from ETA Hoffmann to Franz Kafka. Isaac
Asimov’s three laws of robotics and Ray Kurzweil’s Singularity theory will accompany our screenings
and discussions of Expressionist and Sci-Fi films such as Bicentennial Man, Her, and Transcendence.
Analytical and creative public humanities
projects are welcome.