32215
Seminar
The Scales of the “Anthropocene”
Stefanie Müller
Additional information / Pre-requisites
This is a reading-intensive class, meaning that we will discuss several novels in addition to poetry, theory, and drama. If you don’t like to read fiction, think twice about joining!
Moreover, if you want to participate and receive credits for it, please take note of the following conditions for participation:
1. Register on Blackboard for this class – this is where you will find further information as well as reading material.
2. The shopping period is limited to week one. You must commit to the class by our second meeting.
3. The first text on our syllabus is Kim Stanley Robinson’s New York 2140 – start reading asap!
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Comments
Scale is a central concept in the cultural and literary debates over the so-called “Anthropocene:” temporally and in particularly spatially, climate change is too vast an object to fathom, as a popular argument in this vein runs; a hyperobject, as Timothy Morton puts it. A third scale involves agents: the “Anthropocene” requires a collective effort as much as it impacts humans in the aggregate. In recent years, scholars in various disciplines have contributed to this discussion and more importantly, have begun to inquire into the precise role and significance of scale in all of this. This class is designed to do likewise, yet with a focus on literature. We will read and discuss theoretical work on scale and discuss individual literary texts and their negotiations of “Anthropocene” scales.
This is a reading-intensive class, meaning that we will discuss several novels in addition to poetry, theory, and drama. If you don’t like to read fiction, think twice about joining!
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16 Class schedule
Regular appointments
Wed, 2025-10-15 08:00 - 10:00
Wed, 2025-10-22 08:00 - 10:00
Wed, 2025-10-29 08:00 - 10:00
Wed, 2025-11-05 08:00 - 10:00
Wed, 2025-11-12 08:00 - 10:00
Wed, 2025-11-19 08:00 - 10:00
Wed, 2025-11-26 08:00 - 10:00
Wed, 2025-12-03 08:00 - 10:00
Wed, 2025-12-10 08:00 - 10:00
Wed, 2025-12-17 08:00 - 10:00
Wed, 2026-01-07 08:00 - 10:00
Wed, 2026-01-14 08:00 - 10:00
Wed, 2026-01-21 08:00 - 10:00
Wed, 2026-01-28 08:00 - 10:00
Wed, 2026-02-04 08:00 - 10:00
Wed, 2026-02-11 08:00 - 10:00