[updated April 25]

 

WEEKLY SCHEDULE (SUBJECT TO CHANGE)

Dates: Objectives: Assignments:
Week 1:  Feb 1, 3 Introductory discussion, terminology, and course plan. • Introduction to class, Definitions, Website

• The Captive; Voyage to the Moon

• Tues Homework: OpenLab and Questionnaire 

• Thurs Homework: Email prompt and reading: “The Tell Tale Heart” by Poe  + “An Occurance at Owl Creek Bridge” by Bierce
Week 2:  Feb 8, 10 Viewing practice, reading practice • Due: Email about favorite story: TTH or OOCB

• 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)

 
Week 3:  Feb 15, 17 Definitions

Discussion of Narrative

 • Due: Film-Lit Coffeehouse post

• View The Yellow Wallpaper

• Review Categories of Analysis handout

• Homework: Coffeehouse 1
Week 4:  Feb 22, 24 Translations and Narration • Tues: Due: Coffeehouse 1

 

• Thurs: Due: Quiz 1–during class
Week 5: March 1, 3 Compare a modern novel to its films.  

• 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: March 8, 10 Compare modern short stories to their films. • Due: Coffeehouse #2

• Introduce Translation Essay and Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi

• Homework: Prepare for Quiz 2; Begin reading Persepolis and Work on Translation Essay
Week 7: March 15, 17 Compare modern short stories to their films. • Discuss Translation Essay

• Quiz 2–

• Homework: Continue reading Persepolis
Week 8:  March 22, 24 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: March 29, 31

 

  

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:  April 5, 7 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:  April 12, 14 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:  April 19, 21  —SPRING BREAK—
Week 13:  April 26, 28 Final Essay • Due: Cover final acts of Shrew/10 Things

• Discuss Final Essay on Ethics

• Finish viewing 10 Things

• Continue reading Death on the Nile

• Quiz 3 (Shrew/10 Things)

 
Week 14:  May 3, 5 Final Essay  

• Discuss Final Essay on Ethics

• Discuss  Death on the Nile

• Homework: Coffeehouse 4
Week 15:  May 10, 12 Bringing it all together  

• Discuss  Death on the Nile and ethics

• Discuss Essay and Exam

• Homework: Draft Final Essay and prepare for final exam
Week 16:  May 17, 19 Final Exam • Final Exam Due –Posted to Blackboard 

• Final Essay Due –Posted to BlackboardÂ