Category: Lecture

In this week’s lecture, we covered:

• Please remember to fill out SET
• Lecture
• Cyberpunk
• Discuss Homework
• Last Weekly Writing Assignment
• Wrapping Up Assignments
• Due Wed., May 19
• Final Notebook (Dropbox)
• Final Exam (Dropbox)
• Research Essay (OpenLab Post)
• Late work received until Tues., May 25

Where to Turn in Final Work in the Class:

• Weekly Writing Assignments (add a comment to the appropriate post)
• Final Notebook (scan your handwritten notes into a PDF and submit to Dropbox using this link)
• Final Exam (scan your handwritten responses to these questions into a PDF and submit to Dropbox using this link)
• Research Essay (create a Post on our OpenLab Course Site (see this week’s lecture for demo)

Useful links discussed this week:

• Purdue OWL MLA Guide
• MLA Style: How to Cite Video Games
• OpenLab Help > Creating a Post with Block Editor (this is more advanced than what I showed in the lecture, might be useful, remember to check “Research Essay” under Document > Categories)
• Job Search Advice

• BIG UPDATES
  • Please remember to fill out SET
  • Peer Review Research Essays (watch for emails)
  • Examples of Research Essays in earlier ENG2420 class
  • Final Exam
• Lecture
  • Feminist SF (cont.) and Afrofuturism
• Discuss Homework
  • Readings and Weekly Writing
  • Research Essay, Final Exam, Notebooks, and Weekly Writing Assignments are due by Wednesday, May 19.
  • Last day to receive work is Tuesday, May 25, but consult with Prof. Ellis by email by May 19 if you need the extra time first.

In this week’s lecture:

• Research Essay
• Academic Integrity reminder
• Quote, Cite, and add to Works Cited
• Follow MLA format
• Review
• Lecture (mixing it up!)
• Feminist SF
• James Tiptree, Jr.’s “The Women Men Don’t See”
• Discuss Homework
• Readings and Weekly Writing
• Last day to receive work is Tuesday, May 25

For your Research Essay projects:

• SF Definitions with Citations Handout
• Purdue OWL MLA Guide (use navigation menu on the left of page)

After watching and making your notes on this week’s lecture on the Golden Age of SF, John W. Campbell, Jr., Isaac Asimov, and Ray Bradbury, scroll down to this week’s Weekly Writing Assignment, which is due by Wed., April 7 after Spring Recess.

Due to a meeting conflict, I won’t have office hours on Wednesday from 3:00-5:00pm, but I am available to talk over email (jellis at citytech.cuny.edu) or by appointment (email me with your availability over the next few days and we’ll coordinate a time when we can talk on Google Hangouts or Zoom).

Below, I’m including some links discussed in this week’s lecture:

• Notes on A Science Fiction Walking Tour in New York City
• Human Shadow Etched in Stone, Hiroshima
• Ladder and Soldier Shadow on Wall, Nagasaki (scroll down page)
• Sara, Teasdale, “There Will Come Soft Rains”
• Matthew Arnold, “Dover Beach”
• Archibald Macleish, “You, Andrew Marvell”
• Andrew Marvell, “To His Coy Mistress”

This week, we talked about SF Film Serials, Buck Rogers, and Flash Gordon. I am including some links below to the works that I showed or mentioned during the lecture.

• Buck Rogers Comic Strips
• Flash Gordon Comic Strips
• Buck Rogers Film Serial
• Flash Gordon: Space Rangers Film Serial

Besides the library’s resources and the list of SF Definitions linked on the syllabus, use your free New York Times digital subscription as a resource in your research.

This week’s lecture covers Pulp SF, E.E. “Doc” Smith, and C.L. Moore plus other writers from this era we couldn’t fit into the reading schedule. Watch this week’s lecture and then complete the Weekly Writing Assignment below. Also, if you haven’t uploaded your midterm notebook yet, please see the post from week 5 further down the page with instructions on getting that turned in.

Remember that I have office hours on Wednesday from 3-5 (link on the syllabus).

Email me with your questions or if you would like to setup an appointment to talk outside of my office hours.

Hang in there–we can make it through this all together!

During this week’s lecture, I discuss the 19th century, proto-SF, and the assigned readings by H.G. Wells and E.M. Forster.

Remember to watch this week’s lecture before scrolling down to complete the following two homework posts: 1) submitting a PDF scan of your notebook for your midterm grade, and 2) completing the Weekly Writing Assignment.

Also, I will have office hours on Wednesday from 3-5pm. The Google Hangouts link is at the top of the syllabus.

Email me your research essay topics so that we can have a discussion about it. I want to ensure everyone has a good topic before diving into the project!