Course Schedule
Week |
Readings |
Writing Assignments/ Exams |
| One | ||
Sept 24 |
Introduction |
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| Sept 26 | Le Guin, "The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas" |
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| Two | ||
Oct 1 |
Classical Utopias: Plato, Bacon |
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Oct 3 |
More, Utopia, Pt. 1 |
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| Three | ||
Oct 8 |
More, Utopia, Pt. 2 |
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Oct 10 |
Practical Utopias: American Experiments |
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Oct 11 |
A Man For All Seasons: Optional Movie Screening
- 7:30-9:30, Room 380-380W |
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| Four | ||
Oct 15 |
Practical Utopias: Bellamy |
Paper #1 due |
Oct 17 |
Marx/Engels, The Communist Manifesto |
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| Five | ||
Oct 22 |
Wells, The Time Machine |
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Oct 24 |
Forster, "The Machine Stops" |
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Oct 24 |
Metropolis: Required
Movie Screening - 7:30-9:30, Room 370-370 |
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Oct 25 |
Metropolis: Required Movie
Screening - 7:30-9:30, Room 370-370 |
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| Six | ||
Oct 29 |
Lang and von Harbou, Metropolis |
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Oct 31 |
Huxley, Brave New World (excerpts) |
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| Seven | ||
Nov 5 |
Orwell, 1984 |
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Nov 7 |
Orwell, 1984 |
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Nov 8 |
1984: Optional
Movie Screening - 7:30-9:30, Room 370-370 |
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| Eight | ||
Nov 12 |
Piercy, Woman on the Edge of Time |
Paper #2 due |
Nov 14 |
Piercy, Woman on the Edge of Time |
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| Nine | ||
Nov 19-23 |
Thanksgiving Break |
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| Ten | ||
Nov 26 |
Stephenson, Snow Crash |
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Nov 28 |
Stephenson, Snow Crash |
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Nov 29 |
Blade
Runner: Optional
Movie Screening - 7:30-9:30, Room 370-370 |
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| Eleven | ||
Dec 3 |
Stephenson, Snow Crash |
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Dec 5 |
Wrap-up |
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| Finals | ||
Dec 10 |
Final exam 8:30-11:30 a.m. |
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