Updated April 15
WEEKLY SCHEDULE (SUBJECT TO CHANGE)
Dates: | Objectives: | Assignments: |
Week 1: Feb 4 | Introductory discussion, terminology, and course plan. | • Introduction to class, Definitions, Website
• The Captive; Voyage to the Moon • Homework: Questionnaire • Homework: Read “The Tell Tale Heart” by Poe |
Week 2: Feb 11 | Viewing practice, reading practice | • Due: QuestionnaireÂ
• Discuss: The Tell Tale Heart and definitions of Film/Narrative. View: Film versions of The Captive and “Tell Tale Heart” • Homework: Read “The Yellow Wallpaper” And write Film-Lit Coffeehouse post (TBA) • Homework: Prepare for Quiz 1, which will be over TBA |
Week 3:Â Feb 18 | Definitions
Viewing Assessment Discussion of Narrative |
• Due: Film-Lit Coffeehouse post
• View The Yellow Wallpaper • Review Categories of Analysis handout • Homework: Prepare for Quiz 1 |
Week 4: Feb 25 | Translations and Narration | • Film-Lit Coffeehouse Post and Quiz 1 Assigned…due Friday.
• Homework: Four term, Quiz 1, and Reread “It Had to Be Murder” by Cornell Woolrich |
Week 5: March 4 | Compare a modern novel to its films. |
• Discuss and View: and Midterm Essay Details • Discuss “It Had to Be Murder,” and begin watching Rear Window • Discuss adaptation, film techniques • HW: Favorites review of a film or text (100 words) |
Week 6: March 11 | Compare modern short stories to their films. | • Due: Favorites #1
• Finish Rear Window, directed by Alfred Hitchcock • Introduce Translation Essay and Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi • Homework: Prepare for Quiz 2; Begin reading Persepolis and Work on Translation Essay |
Week 7: March 18 | Compare modern short stories to their films. | • Discuss Translation Essay
• Quiz 2–finish by Friday • Homework: Continue reading Persepolis |
Week 8: March 25 | 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:—–April 1:
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Week 10: April 8 |
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 Othello-Act I |
Week 11: April 15 | Compare a classic play to its film. | • Due: Final Draft of Translation Essay
• Discuss, read, and view versions of Othello • Homework: Read Acts II and III; complete Coffeehouse # 2 |
Week 12: April 22 | Anatomy of a play | • Due: Coffeehouse # 2
• Discuss and view versions of Othello: Acts II and III • Homework: Read Acts IV and V; Coffeehouse #3; and Begin reading Life of Pi |
Week 13: April 29 | Film techniques, | • Due: Coffeehouse #3 over final acts of Othello
• Discuss Final Essay on Ethics • Finish viewing Othello–Acts IV and V • Begin Yann Martel’s Life of Pi • Prepare for: Quiz 3 (Othello and Life of Pi) |
Week 14: May 6 | Film techniques, | • Due: Quiz 3
• Discuss Final Essay on Ethics • Discuss Life of Pi • Homework: tba |
Week 16: May 13 | Bringing it all together | • Due: tba
• Discuss Life of Pi • Discuss Essay and Exam • Homework: Draft Final Essay and prepare for final exam |
Week 17: May 20 | Final Exam | • Final Exam Due –Posted to BlackboardÂ
• Final Essay Due –Posted to Blackboard |