schedule

schedule Fa22

(texts with [C] are available via our Commons Group; for other texts, either follow the link or read the book)

date readings Work due
8/25 Introduction, requirements, assignments self-introduction on Padlet:
section 4
section 6
What is the Anthropocene? How Can it be Represented in Fiction?
8/29 McKibben, from Falter [C]
Intro to Blogging on Commons + group annotating via hypothes.is (in class)		 Note: Late registration ends 8/31, which is the last day to add a course.
Last day to drop for 75% tuition refund.
Financial Aid Certification Enrollment Status Date.
9/1 Ghosh, from The Great Derangement [C]
course tech scavenger hunt (in class)		 Blog post #1 due
Note: Wed 9/7 is last day for 50% tuition refund.
9/8 (note: no class on Labor Day 9/5) Haraway, "Anthropocene, Capitalocene, Plantationocene, Chthulucene: Making Kin"
Note: the above link automatically loads hypothes.is along with the Haraway reading!		 minimum three annotations via hypothesis due:
use correct group:
sec 4
sec 6
The Future is Here: Octavia Butler's Parable of the Sower (1993)
9/12 Butler, Parable Chs 1-7 Blog post #2 due
Wednesday 9/14 is last day to drop for 25% tuition refund.
9/15 Butler, Parable Chs 8-15
9/19 Butler, Parable Chs 16-20
9/22 Butler, finish No class Monday 9/26: Rosh Hashana
9/29 Canavan, Gerry. “Science Fiction and Utopia in the Anthropocene.”
accessible here: sec 4 sec 6		 minimum three annotations via hypothesis due:
use correct group:
sec 4
sec 6
10/3 Frazier, Chelsea M. “Troubling Ecology: Wangechi Mutu, Octavia Butler, and Black Feminist Interventions in Environmentalism.”
accessbile here: sec 4+ sec 6		 minimum three annotations via hypothesis due:
use correct group:
sec 4
sec 6
10/6 No class: Take-home midterm (all instructions are on this template Midterm due by Saturday 10/08 at midnight via Dropbox: no exceptions!
No class Monday 10/10 for Indigenous People's Day
Realism and the "New Normal": Ghosh, THE HUNGRY TIDE
10/13 Ghosh, beginning to "Kusum" chapter blog post #3 due
10/17 Ghosh, "Words" to "Dreams" chapter at end of Part I
10/20 Ghosh, "Beginning Again" chapter to "The Megha"
10/24 Ghosh, "Memory" to "Kratie" blog post #4 due
10/27: Ghosh, "Signs" to "Fresh Water and Salt"
10/31 Ghosh, finish
11/3 (note: no class today: do hypothes.is annotations as an asynch activity) Jones, "A Postcolonial Utopia for the Anthropocene"
accessible here: sec 4 + sec 6		 minimum three annotations via hypothesis due:
use correct group:
sec 4
sec 6
11/7 Nayar, "The Postcolonial Uncanny..."
accessible here: sec 4 + sec 6		 minimum three annotations via hypothesis due:
use correct group:
sec 4
sec 6
Deep Time, the Everyday, and Narrative: Lerner's 10:04
11/10: Lerner, 10:04, I-II blog post #5 due
11/14 Library Visit: via Zoom with Jennifer Newman Final project research question due via blog post
11/17 Lerner, III blog post #6 due
11/21 Lerner, IV Final project simple bibliography due via blog post
No class Thursday: Thanksgiving
11/28 Lerner, finish
12/1 De Bruyn, "Realism 4˚..."
accessbile here: sec 4+ sec 6		 Final project annotated bibliography due
12/5 “Pairs” conferences I read tipsheet and final project template before your conference
here’s the signup sheetfor sec 4 and sec 6 in case you’ve forgotten your slot
12/8 “Pairs” conferences II read tipsheet and final project template before your conference
here’s the signup sheetfor sec 4 and sec 6 in case you’ve forgotten your slot
12/12 “Lightning Talks” on final projects + wrap-up Final project due 12/14 at 12 midnight [note change]
submit via this template: follow all instructions carefully!
12/14 is last day to withdraw with a W

Books:

[available via Akademos and, really, anywhere]; all other texts are available via our site + group]. Be sure to check the link above and/or the ISBNs below, even if you’re going to shop elsewhere, to get the correct editions!

Amitav Ghosh, The Hungry Tide [isbn: 9780618711666]

Ben Lerner, 10:04: a Novel, [isbn: 9781250081339]

Octavia Butler, Parable of the Sower [isbn: 9781538732182]