Class Notes 11/5/20

Discuss Election

• • • “Cautious Optimism”
    • Releasing the pressure
    • Fragmented way of doing elections
    • Suppression of voting
      • Trump Lawsuits
    • Lincoln Project
      • Against Trump
      • Made up of Republicans including Michael Steele

Class Notes Schedule 

• 11/10 Tommy
• 11/12 Khoury
• 11/17 Paulo
• 11/19 Symposium?
• 12/1 Oscar
• 12/3 Edward
• 12/8 Mafrurza
• 12/15 Derrick
• 12/17 Ronald

Next Week

• Afrofuturism
  • Three Texts
    • Space is the Place main text
    • Annotations of all three texts
      • May or may not be collected
• Survey Due Sunday 11/8
• Possible quiz Tuesday
• More texts Thursday

Annotative Bibliography

• 2 sources due next Thursday
• Small Excerpt of source
• Must relate to Race + Science Fiction
• What does it add to the conversation?
• How does it tackle science fiction + race?

Primary Vs. Secondary Source

• The primary source is first-hand information
• A secondary source is a document or recording that relates or discusses information originally presented elsewhere.

Classes in Spring 2021

• Film through literature
  • English 2400
  • Tuesday/Thursday
• English 3302
  • Self Help Literature

Individual research paper

• We will work on throughout the rest of the semester

 

See You Yesterday

• Consequences of time travel
• Ethical + moral responsibility of technology

“Greatest philosophical + ethical debate of modern age”

• Unintended Consequences

Juxtaposition

• • Sebastian’s Funeral
    • “Like so many of you, Where is the Justice?”

“When will there be justice?”

“None of us do”

“No one deserves this”

 

What do you think the ultimate message of the movie?