Assignment Deadlines:
Note that if you are presenting you are exempt from any discussion questions due that day.
Week Five:
Monday, September 3
Thesis statement due on forum before class on Tuesday–but please shoot for midnight on Monday. The following link will take you to a word doc with sample introductions with their thesis statements underlined: theses.doc
Tuesday, September 4: 4 Responses due + Essay portion of the Midterm
1) We, Records 19-40 (end of the book)
2) Tsutsui, Yasutaka. “Standing Woman”
3) cummings, ee. “r-p-o-p-h-e-s-s-a-g-r”
4) Emmett, Williams. “Typewriter”
Wednesday, September 5: 4 Responses due
1) Heidegger, Martin. “The Question Concerning Technology”
2) Slaughterhouse-Five, chapters 1-4
3) Freud, Sigmund. “Note upon the Mystic Writing Pad”
4) Amis, Martin. “Denton’s Death”
Thursday, September 6
None. Paper Proposals due.
Presentations
Tuesday:
Patrick Schaeper on Zamaytin’s We in relation to works such as 1984 and Brave New World
Hannah Bodner on aspects of change in ee cummings’ “r-p-o-p-h-e-s-s-a-g-r” and Zamyatin’s We
Emily Chao on Yasutaka Tsutsui’s “Standing Woman”
Wednesday:
Natalie Banuelos on chapters 1-2 of Slaughterhouse-Five
Kelsey Pullen on Chapters 3-4 of Slaughterhouse-Five
Jonathan Chacon on Heidegger’s “The Question Concerning Technology”
Thursday:
Cristina Ybarra on Sigmund Freud’s “A Note upon the Mystic Writing Pad”
Amy Kennedy on Martin Amis’ “Denton’s Death”
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Week Four:
Sunday, August 26
Forum response due by midnight (or before class on Monday at the latest)
Keep up to speed with the readings
Monday, August 27
No questions due; study for midterm
Tuesday, August 28
No questions due; midterm exam
Keep up to speed with the readings
Thursday: 4 Responses due
1) We, Introduction through Record 9
2) Benjamin, Walter. “Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction”
3) Marx, Karl. The Communist Manifesto (in reader)
4) Adorno’s Culture Industry (instead of a formal discussion question for Adorno, write down one example of Adorno’s Culture Industry at work in contemporary society).
Essay Portion of Midterm
Due either on Thursday, August 30 or Tuesday, September 4.
Presentations
Thursday:
Marty Cihigoyenetche on Marx’s Communist Manifesto
Joe Morgan on W. Benjamin’s “Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction”
Naofumi Higashiyama on Adorno’s Culture Industry
Nathan Hagon on the intro-record 9 of We
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Week Three:
Sunday, August 19
Forum response due by midnight (or before class on Monday at the latest)
Monday, August 20, 2 discussion questions due:
1) The Time Machine. Chapters 1-5
2) Davies, Paul. “How to Build a Time Machine.”
Tuesday, August 21, Reading Quiz; 4 discussion questions due:
1) The Time Machine. Chapters 6-12;
2) Hesiod. “The Ages of Man,” from Works and Days
3) Kipling, Rudyard. “The Deep-Sea Cables”; illustration of “The Deep-Sea Cables”;
4) Holub, Miroslav. “In the Microscope”
Wednesday, August 22, Three optional discussion questions due:
1) Marinetti. Futurists’ Manifesto
2) Lovelace, Ada. “Sketch of the Analytical Engine” (excerpt)
3) Butler. Erewhon (excerpt)
Thursday, August 23, “Close Reading” Response Paper Due–(Do the Readings, but No Discussion Questions)
Presentations:
Monday: Kristine Dungo on Hume
Tuesday: Myra Joy Veluz on chapters 1-5 of the Time Machine Julia Spohn on chapters 6-12 of the Time Machine; Tricia Aoki on Rudyard Kipling, HG Wells, and The Time Machine
Wednesday: Jamie Shou on Butler’s Erewhon