Assignments

Critical Response Papers -- Everyone must complete at least 7 of the 14 possible short critical and analytical response papers; response papers for Week 1 and Week 4 and Week 8 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=3188. Email submissions will not be accepted unless previously arranged.

Critical Context & Question Presentation -- You will be a required to sign up for an oral presentation individually or in pairs. 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 5-6 minutes and may include media.

Literatures of the Fantastic Critical Review -- a 500-750 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.

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 five texts required by the class in addition to a reader of short readings. The novels are available via the Drew Bookstore (or through any reputable bookseller). The course reader is available for purchase in the main English office in 108 Sitterly House. Consult the course syllabus for the week's required reading. The following is a full bibliographical list of the class readings:

Blake, William. "Introduction to Songs of Experience." Songs of Innocence and of Experience. 24 Sep. 2007. 24 Sep. 2007. http://www.blakearchive.org/exist/blake/archive/copy.xq?copyid=songsie.b&java=yes.

---. "Introduction to Songs of Innocence." Songs of Innocence and of Experience. 24 Sep. 2007. 24 Sep. 2007. http://www.blakearchive.org/exist/blake/archive/copy.xq?copyid=songsie.b&java=yes.

---. "The Tyger." Songs of Innocence and of Experience. 24 Sep. 2007. 24 Sep. 2007. http://www.blakearchive.org/exist/blake/archive/copy.xq?copyid=songsie.b&java=yes.

Bradbury, Ray. "2026: There Will Come Soft Rains." The Martian Chronicles. New York: Bantam Books, 1950. 166-172.

Bush, Vannevar. "As We May Think." The Atlantic Online. 17 Sep. 2007. http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/print/194507/bush.

Butler, Octavia E. "Amnesty." The Year's Best SF 9. Eds. David Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer. New York: Eos Books, 2004. 1-31.

Delany, Samuel R. "Aye, and Gommorah." SciFiction. 15 June 2007. 17 Sep. 2007. http://www.scifi.com/scifiction/classics/classics_archive/delany3/delany31.html.

Diaz, Junot. "Monstro." The New Yorker. 4 Jun. 2012. http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2012/06/04/monstro.

Einstein, Albert. Relativity: The Special and General Theory. Transl. Robert W. Lawson. New York: Crown Trade Paperbacks, 1961. v-vii, 10-12, 19-20, 67-70.

Gibson, William. "Burning Chrome." Burning Chrome. New York: Eos Books, 1986. 179-204.

Gilman, Charlotte Perkins. "If I Were a Man." Pearson Education. 11 Jun. 2012. http://wps.prenhall.com/wps/media/objects/107/110026/ch18_a2_d2.pdf.

Ginsberg, Allen. Howl and Other Poems. San Francisco: City Lights Press, 1956.

Homer. The Odyssey. Transl. Allen Mandelbaum. New York: Bantam Books, 1990. 1-5, 168-187, 236-252.

Le Guin, Ursula K. "Why Are Americans Afraid of Dragons?" The Language of the Night. New York: Perigee, 1979. 39-45.

Lovecraft, H.P. "Pickman's Model." The Best of H.P. Lovecraft. New York: Del Rey, 1963. 42-51.

---. "The Tomb." The Tomb and Other Tales. New York: Del Rey, 1965. 7-17.

McHugh, Maureen F. "Virtual Love." Nebula Awards 30. Ed. Pamela Sargent. New York: Harcourt Brace, 1996. 99-110.

Poe, Edgar Allen. "Annabel Lee." E. A. Poe Society of Baltimore. 17 Aug. 1998. 23 Sep. 2007. http://www.eapoe.org/works/POEMS/annabela.htm.

---. "The Raven." E. A. Poe Society of Baltimore. 8 Apr. 1998. 23 Sep. 2007. http://www.eapoe.org/works/POEMS/ravena.htm.

Rowling, J.K. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. New York: Scholastic, 2003.

Shakespeare, William. A Midsummer Night's Dream (Folger). Washington Square Press, 2004.

Shelley, Mary. Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus. Ed. Johanna M. Smith. Boston: Bedford Books, 1992. 19-25, 52-93.

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. Transl. Simon Armitage. New York: Norton, 2008.

Tatar, Maria, Ed. Classic Fairy Tales. New York: Norton, 1999.

Tolkien, J.R.R. Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1954.

---. "On Fairy Stories." The Monster and the Critics and Other Essays. New York: Harper Collins, 2006. 109-161.

Wilde, Oscar. The Picture of Dorian Gray. New York: The Modern Library, 1992. 166-182, 249-254.

Vinge, Vernor. "True Names." True Names and the Opening of the Cyberspace Frontier. Ed. James Frenkel. New York: Tor, 2001. 239-330.

Media

Darkon. Dir. Andrew Neel and Luke Meyer. DVD. PorchLight Entertainment, 2007.

Monster Camp. Dir. Cullen Hoback. DVD. Hyrax Films and Aaron Douglas Enterprises, 2007.

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