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An Interstellar Reading

Summary/Abstract: „2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke“ (another obligatory reading for the eighth graders) is interpreted with a special emphasis on the connection between the book and its film adaptation by Stanley Kubrick. One of the biggest challenges for a teacher is to run a parallel analysis of the movie and the book and to point out the similarities, as well as the discrepancies (especially that of Clarke’s decision to be involved). The interpretation suggests a couple of discussion topics for literature classes, explaining that this kind of reading can serve as a starting point for talking about important issues such as technology, robots and people, environmentally irresponsible behaviour, science and ethics, curiosity as such and the exploration of the unknown – in other words, delicate issues which can be brought into the context of our civilisation, and literature classes, in general.

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