Masterpieces of the Imaginative Mind : Literature's Most Fantastic Works /
Eric S. Rabkin ; The Teaching Company.
- 1st ed.
- Chantilly, VA : The Teaching Company, 2007.
- 4 DVDs (720 min.) : sd. col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 Course Guidebook (iv, 131 p. : ill. ; 19 cm)
- The Great Courses Literature and Language English Literature .
Includes 24 x 30 min. lectures. Also Includes Course Guidebook.
The Course Guidebook includes a glossary and bibliographical references.
"Join Professor Eric S. Rabkin, one of the world's foremost authorities on the literature of the fantastic and science fiction, as he takes you on a journey to explore Masterpieces of the Imaginative Mind, Literature's Most Fantastic Works. You'll study strange tales of talking frogs and cannibal witches through Mary Shelley's Frankenstein to Arthur C. Clarke's astonishing 2001: A Space Odyssey and beyond. Focusing on the early 19th century to contemporary times, Professor Rabkin casts a wide net for fantastic works and delves deeply into some of the most astounding. You'll learn about the works and times of Edgar Allan Poe, Virginia Woolf, Lewis Carroll, Franz Kafka, Jules Verne, H. G. Wells, J. R. R. Tolkien, Ray Bradbury, Robert A. Heinlein, Isaac Asimov, and more." (Publisher's Website) CONTENTS: DISC 1 Lecture 1. The Brothers Grimm & Fairy Tale Psychology Lecture 2. Propp, Structure, and Cultural Identity Lecture 3. Hoffman and the Theory of the Fantastic Lecture 4. Poe-Genres and Degrees of the Fantastic Lecture 5. Lewis Carroll-Puzzles, Language, & Audience Lecture 6. H.G. Wells-We Are All Talking Animals DISC 2 Lecture 7. Franz Kafta-Dashed Fantasies Lecture 8. Woolf-Fantastic Feminism & Periods of Art Lecture 9. Robbe-Grillet – Experimental Fiction & Myth Lecture 10. Tolkien & Mass Production of the Fantastic Lecture 11. Children’s Literature and the Fantastic Lecture 12. Postmodernism and the Fantastic DISC 3 Lecture 13. Defining Science Fiction Lecture 14. Mary Shelly – Grandmother of Science Fiction Lecture 15. Hawthorne, Poe, and the Eden Complex Lecture 16. Jules Verne and the Robinsonade Lecture 17. Wells – Industrialization of the Fantastic Lecture 18. The History of Utopia DISC 4 Lecture 19. Science Fiction and Religion Lecture 20. Pulp Fiction. Bradbury, & the American Myth Lecture 21. Robert A. Heinlein – He Mapped the Future Lecture 22. Asimov and Clarke – Cousins in Utopia Lecture 23. Ursula K. Le Guin – Transhuman Anthropologist Lecture 24. Cyberpunk, Postmodernism, and Beyond
"Join Professor Eric S. Rabkin, one of the world's foremost authorities on the literature of the fantastic and science fiction, as he takes you on a journey to explore Masterpieces of the Imaginative Mind, Literature's Most Fantastic Works. You'll study strange tales of talking frogs and cannibal witches through Mary Shelley's Frankenstein to Arthur C. Clarke's astonishing 2001: A Space Odyssey and beyond. Focusing on the early 19th century to contemporary times, Professor Rabkin casts a wide net for fantastic works and delves deeply into some of the most astounding. You'll learn about the works and times of Edgar Allan Poe, Virginia Woolf, Lewis Carroll, Franz Kafka, Jules Verne, H. G. Wells, J. R. R. Tolkien, Ray Bradbury, Robert A. Heinlein, Isaac Asimov, and more." (Publisher's Website) DVD CONTENTS:
DISC I Lecture 1. The Brothers Grimm & Fairy Tale Psychology Lecture 2. Propp, Structure, and Cultural Identity Lecture 3. Hoffman and the Theory of the Fantastic Lecture 4. Poe-Genres and Degrees of the Fantastic Lecture 5. Lewis Carroll-Puzzles, Language, & Audience Lecture 6. H.G. Wells-We Are All Talking Animals
DISC II Lecture 7. Franz Kafta-Dashed Fantasies Lecture 8. Woolf-Fantastic Feminism & Periods of Art Lecture 9. Robbe-Grillet – Experimental Fiction & Myth Lecture 10. Tolkien & Mass Production of the Fantastic Lecture 11. Children’s Literature and the Fantastic Lecture 12. Postmodernism and the Fantastic
DISC III Lecture 13. Defining Science Fiction Lecture 14. Mary Shelly – Grandmother of Science Fiction Lecture 15. Hawthorne, Poe, and the Eden Complex Lecture 16. Jules Verne and the Robinsonade Lecture 17. Wells – Industrialization of the Fantastic Lecture 18. The History of Utopia
DISC IV Lecture 19. Science Fiction and Religion Lecture 20. Pulp Fiction. Bradbury, & the American Myth Lecture 21. Robert A. Heinlein – He Mapped the Future Lecture 22. Asimov and Clarke – Cousins in Utopia Lecture 23. Ursula K. Le Guin – Transhuman Anthropologist Lecture 24. Cyberpunk, Postmodernism, and Beyond COURSE GUIDEBOOK CONTENTS:
Professor Biography Course Scope Lecture 1 – The Brothers Grimm & Fairy Tale Psychology Lecture 2 – Propp, Structure, and Cultural Identity Lecture 3 – Hoffman and the Theory of the Fantastic Lecture 4 – Poe-Genres and Degrees of the Fantastic Lecture 5 – Lewis Carroll-Puzzles, Language, & Audience Lecture 6 – H.G. Wells-We Are All Talking Animals Lecture 7 – Franz Kafta-Dashed Fantasies Lecture 8 – Woolf-Fantastic Feminism & Periods of Art Lecture 9 – Robbe-Grillet – Experimental Fiction & Myth Lecture 10 – Tolkien & Mass Production of the Fantastic Lecture 11 – Children’s Literature and the Fantastic Lecture 12 – Postmodernism and the Fantastic Lecture 13 – Defining Science Fiction Lecture 14 – Mary Shelly – Grandmother of Science Fiction Lecture 15 – Hawthorne, Poe, and the Eden Complex Lecture 16 – Jules Verne and the Robinsonade Lecture 17 – Wells – Industrialization of the Fantastic Lecture 18 – The History of Utopia Lecture 19 – Science Fiction and Religion Lecture 20 – Pulp Fiction. Bradbury, & the American Myth Lecture 21 – Robert A. Heinlein – He Mapped the Future Lecture 22 – Asimov and Clarke – Cousins in Utopia Lecture 23 – Ursula K. Le Guin – Transhuman Anthropologist Lecture 24 – Cyberpunk, Postmodernism, and Beyond Timeline Glossary Biographical Notes Bibliography
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