Assignments

Critical Response Papers -- Everyone must complete at least 8 of the 14 possible short critical and analytical response papers; response papers for Week 1 and Week 5 and Week 10 are strongly recommended of all students. Each week, response papers are due on Saturday by noon. Papers are submitted electronically via Moodle: https://moodle.drew.edu/2/course/view.php?id=439.

Critical Context & Question Presentation -- You will be a required to sign up for an oral presentation individually or in small groups. For your presentation, research a topic relevant to the week's texts, generate a critical question to get class discussion started, and create a single-spaced, 1-page handout for the whole class. Presentations are 5-7 minutes and may include media.

African American Science Fiction Critical Review -- a 500-700 word analytical review of a text you would think could be or should be included in our class. Critical Reviews are due by the last day of instruction and will be posted to the class blog.

Information Sheets

The following are handouts, informational sheets, and readings that will be assigned or used over the course of the quarter. Each student will recieve a copy of each as a handout in class during the appropriate week. If you miss a sheet, feel free to print out a new copy.

ENGL106 Student Info Sheet & Release Form

Ed's Top Ten List of "Ways to Survive University"

Ed's Top Ten Rules of Writing

Quoting, Paraphrasing, and Summarizing

MLA Citation and Bibliographic Format

What is Close Reading?

Readings

There are ten novels required by the class in addition to a handful of short readings. The novels are available via the Drew Bookstore (or through any reputable bookseller). All of the short readings for class are available via the (class Moodle). Consult the course syllabus for the week's required reading. The following is a full bibliographical list of the class readings:

Barnes, Steven and Larry Niven. Dream Park. New York: Tor, 1981.

Bell, Derrick. "The Space Traders." Dark Matter: A Century of Speculative Fiction from the African Diaspora. Ed. Sheree R. Thomas. New York: Aspect, 2000. 326-355.

Bisson, Terry. "'Correcting the Balance': Outspoken Interview with Nalo Hopkinson." Report from Planet Midnight. Oakland, CA: PM Press, 2012. 71-102.

Butler, Octavia. Dawn. New York: Aspect, 1987.

---. "The Monophobic Response." Dark Matter: A Century of Speculative Fiction from the African Diaspora. Ed. Sheree R. Thomas. New York: Aspect, 2000. 415-416.

Chesnutt, Charles W. "The Goophered Grapevine." Dark Matter: A Century of Speculative Fiction from the African Diaspora. Ed. Sheree R. Thomas. New York: Aspect, 2000. 158-170.

Delany, Samuel. "Aye, and Gomorrah..." Aye, and Gomorrah and Other Stories. New York: Vintage, 1991. 91-101.

---. "Driftglass." Aye, and Gomorrah and Other Stories. New York: Vintage, 1991. 102-121.

---. "Racism and Science Fiction." Dark Matter: A Century of Speculative Fiction from the African Diaspora. Ed. Sheree R. Thomas. New York: Aspect, 2000. 383-397.

---. "Time Considered as a Helix of Semi-precious Stones." Aye, and Gomorrah and Other Stories. New York: Vintage, 1991. 218-259.

Du Bois, W.E.B. "The Comet." Dark Matter: A Century of Speculative Fiction from the African Diaspora. Ed. Sheree R. Thomas. New York: Aspect, 2000. 5-18.

---. "Of Our Spiritual Strivings." The Souls of Black Folk. New York: Dover, 1994. 1-7.

Ellison, Ralph. Invisible Man. New York: Vintage, 1952.

Hopkins, Pauline. Of One Blood. New York: Washington Square Press, 2004. Brown Girl in the Ring. New York: Grand Central Publishing, 1998.

Mosley, Walter. "Black to the Future." Dark Matter: A Century of Speculative Fiction from the African Diaspora. Ed. Sheree R. Thomas. New York: Aspect, 2000. 405-407.

Schuyler, George S. Black No More. New York: The Modern Library, 1999.

Shawl, Nisi. "Maggies." Filter House. Seattle: Aqueduct Press, 2008. 93-115.

---. "Shiomah's Land." Filter House. Seattle: Aqueduct Press, 2008. 205-237.

Thomas, Sheree R. "Introduction: Looking for the Invisible." Dark Matter: A Century of Speculative Fiction from the African Diaspora. Ed. Sheree R. Thomas. New York: Aspect, 2000. ix-xiv.

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