Date
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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)
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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 |
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Tues 2/9 |
CLASS CANCELLED DUE TO
INSTRUCTOR DENTAL EMERGENCY |
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Thur 2/11 |
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- 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) |
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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 |
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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
|
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Thur 3/4 |
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- A Clockwork Orange, Part 3
|
Reading Response (via
email by 9am) |
Tue 3/9 |
Background & Literary Elements |
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Thur 3/11 |
|
- The Passion of New Eve
through Chapter 6
|
Quiz (in-class) |
Tue 3/16 |
NO CLASS TODAY!! |
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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 |
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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 |
|
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 |
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Final Essay Due
(submit to
Turnitin) |
Final Exam
Tuesday, May 25, 7:15-9:30am |
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