WEEKLY SCHEDULE (SUBJECT TO CHANGE)

Dates: Objectives: Assignments:
Week 1:  

8/29 – 8/31

 Introductory discussion, terminology, and course plan. • Introduction to class, Definitions, Website

• Voyage to the Moon and discuss what the story is and what it means

• Homework for Wednesday: OpenLab and Questionnaire and read “Healthy Start” by Etgar Keret (Readings menu tab)

• Homework due Monday, September 5: Email prompt and reading: “Thank you, ma’am” by Langston Hughes  and “The Tell Tale Heart” by Edgar Allen Poe
Week 2:  

9/7

 Viewing practice, reading practice ***NOTE: NO CLASS ON MONDAY, SEPT 5

 

• Due: Email about favorite story: HS or TYM or TTTH

• Discuss: The Tell Tale Heart and definitions of Film/Narrative

• Homework: Read “An Occurance at Owl Creek Bridge” by Bierce and  write Film-Lit Coffeehouse post (TBA)

 
Week 3:  

9/12 – 9/14

 Definitions

Discussion of Narrative

 • Due: Film-Lit Coffeehouse post

• Read Doyle’s “New Boy”

• Review Categories of Analysis handout

• Homework: Coffeehouse 1
Week 4:  

9/19 – 9/21

 Translations and Narration • Tues: Due: Coffeehouse 1

 

• Thurs: Due: Quiz 1–during class
Week 5: 

9/28 – 9/29

 Compare a modern novel to its films. **NOTE: NO CLASS ON MONDAY, SEPT 26

**NOTE: WE DO HAVE CLASS ON WEDNESDAY, SEPT 28

***NOTE: AND WE HAVE CLASS ON THURSDAY, SEPT 29 (IT IS A  “MONDAY”)

• Discuss and View:  and Midterm Essay Details

• Discuss TBA

• Discuss adaptation, film techniques

• HW: Coffeehouse #2: Favorite chapter from Persepolis and why it speaks to you (200 words)
Week 6: 

10/3

 Compare modern short stories to their films. ***NOTE: NO CLASS ON WEDNESDAY, OCT 5

• Due: Coffeehouse #2

• Introduce Translation Essay and Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi

• Homework:  Work on Translation Essay
Week 7: 

10/12

 Compare modern short stories to their films. ***NOTE: NO CLASS ON MONDAY, OCT 10

• Discuss Translation Essay

 

• Homework: Continue reading Persepolis
Week 8:  

10/17 – 10/19

 Compare modern short stories to their films. • Homework: Read Persepolis;

•  Homework: complete Coffeehouse # 3 (specific to Translation Essay); Discuss text and Translation Essay
Week 9: 

10/24 – 10/26

 

 Compare a modern novel to its film. • Due: draft of Translation Essay-posted to OpenLab

• Discuss and finish Persepolis

• Homework:  revise and edit Translation Essay; Begin reading 
Week 10:  

10/31 – 11/2

 Compare a classic play to its film. • Due: Final Draft of Translation Essay

• Discuss, read, and view versions of Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew

• Homework: Read Acts II and III; Coffeehouse 3
Week 11:  

11/7 – 11/9

 Anatomy of a play • Due: Coffeehouse 3

• Discuss and view versions of 10 Things I Hate about You

• Homework: Read Acts IV and V;  Begin reading Death on the Nile (Agatha Christie)
Week 12:  

11/14 – 11/16

 Play into Film • Due: Cover final acts of Shrew/10 Things

• Discuss Final Essay on Ethics

• Finish viewing 10 Things
Week 13:  

11/21 – 11/23

 Final Essay • Continue reading Death on the Nile

• Quiz 2-Over ToS and 10 Things
Week 14:  

11/28 – 11/30

 Final Essay • Discuss Final Essay on Ethics

• Discuss  Death on the Nile

• Homework: Coffeehouse 4
Week 15:  

12/5 – 12/7

 Bringing it all together • Discuss  Death on the Nile and ethics

• Discuss Essay and Exam

• Homework: Draft Final Essay
Week 16:  

12/12 – 12/14

 Final Essay • Watch, review; take home Quiz 3

 
Week 17:  

12/19

12/21

 Last classes  

• Turn in Quiz 3 and Final Essay; review for final exam

• Final Exam–Last Class