SCHEDULE of READINGS
Great Works of Literature: TechnoLiterature
English 10, Section 3  (Spring 2010)
Dr. Katherine D. Harris

Syllabus subject to change

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Date


Topic

Reading Due

Assignment Due
Tue 1/26 Introductions: Me, You, Techno & Literature Greensheet Policies & Schedule

Handout
Syllabus Policies & Schedule

Furlough Dates & You
Hints for Reading Poetry (bring on Thursday)
 
Student Questionnaire
Thur 1/28 Reading Poetry  Byron, "Prometheus" (Frankenstein 315) or print here

Handouts
Writing Tips
Group Presentations & Essay Instructions

Plagiarism Tutorial (Email scores to me by Friday 5pm � counts as a reading response)

Discuss & sign up for Group Presentations

See Authors & Discuss Books at the CLA Events (www.litart.org)

Tue 2/2 Technology & Satan
  • Coleridge, "The Rime of the Ancyent Mariner" (Frankenstein 218)
  • Shelley, excerpt from Prometheus Unbound (Frankenstein 319)

Handouts
Hints for Reading Fiction
Group List

Discussion
Modern References to Xanadu (Online)

Reading Response (via email by 9am)
Thur 2/4 ROOM CHANGE! Meet in SH 348 today & forever!

Background & Literary Elements

Handout
Frankenstein Background not given out; see PPT instead
Hints for Reading Fiction
(emailed to all 2/2)

Discussion
Edison's 1910 adaptation of Frankenstein (video)
"It's Alive!" from Young Frankenstein
Mary Shelley Resources

"Frankenstein: Penetrating the Secrets of Nature," Exhibit at National Library of Medicine

 
Tues 2/9 CLASS CANCELLED DUE TO INSTRUCTOR DENTAL EMERGENCY
  • Frankenstein, Vol. II
 
Thur 2/11  
  • Frankenstein, Vols. II-III

Discussion
Dissecting Pregnancy
"D�mon," Oxford English Dictionary
Review Character Map
"Reproduction" from Grease 2 (botany)
Government should be afraid of people from V for Vendetta
Tom Lehr Chemistry Elements song (poetry & science)

Reading Response (via email  by 9am)
Tue 2/16 Reception
  • Frankenstein, Vols. II-III

Discussion
"Victor Frankenstein" (Movie)
Sheck, A Monster's Notes (2009 Novel)

 
Thur 2/18 Background & Literary Elements
  • Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde (all � it�s short!)

Discussion
See the group presentation PowerPoint here (pdf)

Group Presentation
Steven Tyndall
Amber Fujita
Sanghee Lee
Andrea Thomas
Hamadi McIntosh
Tue 2/23  
  • Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde
Reading Response (via email by 9am) -- prompt given in class!
Thur 2/25 Background & Literary Elements
  • A Clockwork Orange, Part 1

Discussion
See the group presentation PowerPoint here (pdf)

Relevant Websites
Nasdat to English Glossary

SLC Punk (movie mimics Chp. 21)

Handouts
Study Question & Questions for A Clockwork Orange

Group Presentation
Sue Urich
Lhienett Dizon
Susie Riffel
Will Mattson
Philip Fernandez
Tue 3/2  
  • A Clockwork Orange, Part 2
 
Thur 3/4  
  • A Clockwork Orange, Part 3
Reading Response (via email by 9am)
Tue 3/9 Background & Literary Elements
  • The Passion of New Eve
 
Thur 3/11  
  • The Passion of New Eve through Chapter 6
Quiz (in-class)
Tue 3/16 NO CLASS TODAY!!
  • The Passion of New Eve
 
Thur 3/18  
  • The Passion of New Eve, finish the entire novel

Discussion
See group presentation PowerPoint here (pdf)

Reading Response (via email by 9am)

Quiz (in-class)

Group Presentation
Khristy Gaska
Danielle Rice

Tue 3/23

Mid-Term Exam
Bring bluebooks

Altered exam format
Handout given in class for take-home essay exam
Due Friday, 12pm via email as an attachment
Submit to Turnitin
 

Thur 3/25

FURLOUGH DAY -- KH ONLY
No Class Meeting

Tue 3/30

SPRING BREAK

Thur 4/1
Tue 4/6

Class Cancelled due to Instructor Illness

  • "Mozart in Mirrorshades," Mirrorshades (223-39)
Group Presentation
Brian Brennan
Miguel Gil
Matthew Sher
Demitri Adderley
Roberto Martinez
Thur 4/8 Short Stories & CyberPunk
  • "Mozart in Mirrorshades," Mirrorshades (223-39)
  • "Red Star, Winter Orbit," Mirrorshades (202-22)
  • "The Gernsback Continuum," Mirrorshades (1-11)
  • "Till Human Voices Wake Us," Mirrorshades (125-38)

Extra Stuff
Cyberpunk Definition

Mirrorshades: Postmodern Archive
Cyberpunk (Video)
Group PowerPoint presentation (pdf) & mashup video

Reading Response (via email by 9am)

Group Presentation
Brian Brennan
Miguel Gil
Matthew Sher
Demitri Adderley
Roberto Martinez

Tue 4/13 Luddites & Technology: Playing with the Medium or Print is Static?

Handouts
Final Essay Instructions

Discussion from Class
"The Shining" Re-Cut as quest trailer
"The Shining" in 30 seconds by the Angry Bunnies
Simpsons do The Shining

Original Shining Trailer
"Pretty", Slam Poetry Performance

 
Thur 4/15  
  • Bring in song lyrics (print)
Reading Response (via email by 9am)
Tue 4/20 Using the Tools: Punking Poetry & Prose

Discussion
"Introducing the Book" (YouTube)

 
Thur 4/22   Attend & participate in Reading of John Milton's Paradise Lost (added 4/22) Given an A (extra reading response) for participating in reading
Tues 4/27   Final Project Proposal via email by 9am

Reading Response (via email by 9am): Write about a work from ELO, Vol. I  & be prepared to discuss in class

Thur 4/29

FURLOUGH DAY -- KH ONLY
No Class Meeting

Tue 5/4 Hypertext Literature
  • Patchwork Girl (read all)

Handouts & PPT
Background & Summary of Frankenstein
PPT on hypertext fiction & Patchwork Girl

Group Presentation
Tania Diaz
Karen Zamora
Thur 5/6

FURLOUGH DAY -- ALL FACULTY
No Class Meeting

Tue 5/11  
  • Patchwork Girl

Relevant Websites
N. Katherine Hayles New Horizons
Introduction to Patchwork Girl
Helpful Guide for Reading Patchwork Girl
Wordpress

Interview with Shelly Jackson
"Skin," another project by Jackson
Using StorySpace

A new, networked novel: Flight Paths

Discussion
Introducing the Book (Video, YouTube)
Web 2.0: The Machine is Us/ing Us (Video, Youtube)
Code from RSSGallery
Turning the Pages, British Library
Today's Information Fluency (Video)
Semaphore Exhibit
Columbine Massacre Role Playing Game Trailer (Video, YouTube)
Spore game Trailer (Video, YouTube)
Review of Amazon's reader, Kindle

 

Reading Response (via email by 9am): Prompt provided in class on 5/4
Thur 5/13  
  • Patchwork Girl
Final Essay Due (submit to Turnitin)

Final Exam
Tuesday, May 25, 7:15-9:30am

 

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