Course Schedule

Week 1 (Jan 24-26): Course Introduction. Poetry
Begin Williams Selected (pages 29-81)

Week 2 ( Jan 31- Feb 2): Continue Williams (pages 89-104, 123-157).
Reading response 1 due Feb 2.
Feb 3: Movie and Pizza Night. Blade Runner. 7:30 pm, Eisenhower Hall Multimedia Room.

Week 3 (Feb 7-9): Finish Williams (161-176, 226-255).
Reading response 2 due Feb 9

Week 4 (Feb 14-16): Drama
Begin Mamet Glengarry Glen Ross.
Essay 1 due Feb 16.
Feb 17: Movie and Pizza Night. The Maltese Falcon. 7:30 pm, Eisenhower Hall Multimedia Room.

Week 5 (Feb 21-23): Continue Mamet. View film adaptation of Glengarry Glen Ross.
Reading Response 3 due Feb 23.

Week 6 (Feb 28-March 2) Fiction: The short story.
O'Connor, "A Good Man is Hard to Find" (1) and "A Circle in the Fire" (127)
Essay 2 due March 2
March 3: Movie and Pizza Night. No Maps for These Territories (William Gibson documentary). 7:30 pm, Eisenhower Hall Multimedia Room.

Week 7 (March 7-9): O'Connor, "A Late Encounter with the Enemy" ( 153) and "Good Country People" (167)
Reading response 4 due March 9

Week 8 (March 14-16): Spring Break

Week 9 (March 21-23): O'Connor, "The Displaced Person" (196)
Essay 3 due March 23.
March 24: Movie and Pizza Night. Forbidden Planet. 7:30 pm, Eisenhower Hall Multimedia Room.

Week 10 (March 28-30): Fiction: The novel.
Begin Gibson Neuromancer
Reading response 5 due March 30

Week 11 (April 4-6): Continue Gibson.
Reading response 6 due April 6
April 7: Movie and Pizza Night. Johnny Mnemonic. 7:30 pm, Eisenhower Hall Multimedia Room.

Week 12 (April 11-13): Finish Gibson.
Reading response 7 due April 13.
April 13: Dr. Amelia Rutledge talks about Neuromancer and How to Read Science Fiction. 5:55-7:10, Lecture Hall 1.

Week 13 (April 18-20): Multiple genre.
Begin Toomer Cane. Part 1
Reading Response 8 due April 20
April 20: "Perspectives on Neuromancer," an interdisciplinary panel. 5:55-7:10, Lecture Hall 1.

Week 14 (April 25-27): Continue Toomer (Part 2)
Reading response 9 due April 27.
April 28: Movie and Pizza Night. The Matrix. 7:30 pm, Eisenhower Hall Multimedia Room.

Week 15 (May 2-4): Finish Toomer (Part 3)
Essay 4 due May 4.

Final Exam
022: Monday 5/16 10:30-1:15
025: Wed. 5/11 1:30-4:15

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