- Autumn 2018
Syllabus Description:
Schedule of Readings
September 26: introductions
October 1: Read Dracula, chapters I-XI
October 3: Read Dracula, chapters XII-XIX
October 8: Read Dracula, all
October 9: Read Franco Moretti, “A Capital Dracula” (pages 431-438 in the Norton Edition), Stephen Arata, “The Occidental Tourist” (pages 462-470 in the Norton Edition), and Jennifer Wicke, excerpt from “Vampiric Typewriting”
October 15: Read I am Legend, chapters 1-10
October 17: Read I am Legend, all
October 22: View George Romero, Night of the Living Dead and read David McNally, “Ugly Beauty”
October 24: Read Steven Shaviro, “Contagious Allegories”
Class meets in Allen Library Auditorium for screening of George Romero, Dawn of the Dead
October 29: Discussion of Shaviro and Dawn (no additional reading/viewing assignment)
October 31: Read, Kim Newman, “Red Reign”
November 5: Read, The Gilda Stories, chapters 1-3
November 7: Read, The Gilda Stories, all
November 9: TOPIC STATEMENTS DUE BY 5PM
November 12: Veteran’s Day (no class)
November 14: Read, The Walking Dead, chapters 1-4
November 19: Read, The Walking Dead (all) and Marc Fisher, excerpts from Capitalist Realism
November 21: No class meeting – TOPIC STATEMENTS DUE BY 12 PM
November 26: Read, Zone One, section one (“Friday”)
November 28: Read, Zone One, section two (“Saturday”) through p 209
December 3: Read, Zone One, all
December 5: conclusions
December 11: FINAL PAPERS DUE BY 5PM