Aug 27 2009
Course Calendar
Fall Calendar
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Sept. 1 |
Introduction to Class
John Sorrentino: Introduction to course website |
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Sept. 8 |
“The Book of Revelation” (website)
Kermode, “The End” (course website) Quinby, Introduction and Chapters 1 and 6 |
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Sept. 15 Cold War Visions |
Creative Project Proposal due: 1 page
Strozier, Chapters 2 and 7 (website) Watch 9 minute video: http://www.archive.org/details/DuckandC1951 7 PM: DaZe of Doom Film Series: “On the Beach” |
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Sept. 22 |
Rosen, Introduction and Chapter 1
Moore, Watchmen
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Sept. 29 |
No class but read Kushner (conversion day) |
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Oct. 6 Viral Fears and Antidotes |
Kushner, both plays due
Quinby, Chapter 2 Rosen, Chapter 3 7 PM: DaZe of Doom Film Series: “Twelve Monkeys” |
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Oct. 13 Fundamentally Left Behind |
LaHaye and Jenkins, through Chapter 11 |
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Oct. 20 |
LaHaye and Jenkins, to end
McAlister, “Left Behind and the Politics of Prophecy” (website) |
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Oct. 27 |
Open book in-class Mid-term Exam |
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Nov. 3 Techno-Apocalypses |
Return exams and discuss
Quinby, Chapter 7 and Epilogue Rosen, Chapter 4 7 PM: DaZe of Doom Film Series: “The Matrix” |
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Nov. 10 |
Rick Moody, “The Albertine Notes” (website) |
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Nov. 17 Post-Apocalypse |
McCarthy, first half |
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Nov. 24 |
McCarthy, to end
Rosen, Epilogue |
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Dec. 1 |
Conferences by request
7 PM: DaZe of Doom Film Series: “Children of Men” |
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Dec. 8 |
Final Reflections Essay due |
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Dec. 15 |
Final Exam Period: Creative Project placed online. 2-page Project Statement due. Be prepared to present your Project to the class |
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