Schedule
The following schedule is subject to change according to the demands of the class. I will announce changes to it in class when the need presents itself.
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August 28 |
Introduction |
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August 30 |
Mary Shelley, Frankenstein, Introduction-Ch. II |
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September 4 |
Shelley, Chs. III-VII |
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September 6 |
QUIZ ON SHELLEY
Shelley, Chs. VIII-XIII |
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September 11 |
Shelley, Chs. XIV-XX |
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September 13 |
Shelley, Chs. XXI-XXIV |
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September 18 |
H. G. Wells, The War of the Worlds, Book I, Chs. I-XIII |
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September 20 |
Wells, Book I, Chs. XIV-XVII; Book II, Chs. I-II |
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September 25 |
Wells, Book II, Chs. III-X |
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September 27 |
PART ONE EXAMINATION |
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October 2 |
Isaac Asimov, The Caves of Steel, Chs. 1-5 |
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October 4 |
Asimov, Chs. 6-10 |
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October 9 |
Asimov, Chs. 11-14 |
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October 11 |
Asimov, Chs. 15-18 |
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October 16 |
QUIZ ON ASIMOV
Stanislaw Lem, Solaris: The Arrival, The Solarists, The Visitors, Sartorius |
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October 18 |
Lem, Rheya, "The Little Apocrypha," The Conference |
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October 23 |
Lem, The Monsters, The Liquid Oxygen |
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October 25 |
FALL BREAK |
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October 30 |
Lem, Conversation, The Thinkers, The Dreams, Victory, The Old Mimoid |
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November 1 |
PART TWO EXAMINATION |
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November 6 |
Octavia Butler, Wild Seed, Chs. 1-4 |
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November 8 |
Butler, Chs. 5-6 |
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November 13 |
Butler, Chs. 7-10 |
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November 15 |
Butler, Chs. 10-Epilogue
FUTURE TECHNOLOGY ANALYSIS DUE |
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November 20 |
QUIZ ON BUTLER
Kazuo Ishiguro, Never Let Me Go, Chs. One-Five |
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November 22 |
Thanksgiving Holiday |
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November 27 |
Ishiguro, Chs. Six-Nine |
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November 29 |
Ishiguro, Chs. Ten-Fourteen |
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December 4 |
Ishiguro, Chs. Fifteen-Eighteen |
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December 6 |
Ishiguro, Chs. Nineteen-Twenty-three |
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December 11 |
FINAL EXAMINATION, 10:00am-11:50am |
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