Assignments

Critical Response Papers -- Everyone must complete at least 6 of the 10 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 Canvas: https://canvas.uoregon.edu/courses/46997.

Critical Context & Question Presentation -- You will be a required to sign up for an oral presentation individually or in small groups. For your presentation, generate a critical question or two to get class discussion started, and create a single-spaced, 1-page handout for the whole class. Presentations are 4-6 minutes and may include media.

Gender and Popular Culture Critical Review -- a 500-700 word analytical review of a text you would think could be or should be included in our class. You must have your text approved by the instructor before completing the assignment. 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

Course texts are available via the UO Duck Store (or through any reputable bookseller). Course readers are available only via the Duck Store or Campus Copy. The required texts for this class are:

Wilcox, Rhonda V., Tanya R. Cochran, Cynthea Masson, and David Lavery, Eds. Reading Joss Whedon Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, 2014. WGS 199 Course Reader

Consult the course syllabus for the week's required reading. The following is a full bibliographical list of the class readings:

Baroza, A.L. "What's the Deal with All of the POC on Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.?" The Nerds of Color. 31 Mar. 2015. 26 Sep. 2015. http://thenerdsofcolor.org/2015/03/31/whats-the-deal-with-the-poc-characters-on-agents-of-s-h-i-e-l-d/. Berlatsky, Noah. "What Joss Whedon Gets Wrong About the Word 'Feminist,'" 8 Nov. 2013. 26 Sep. 2015. http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2013/11/what-joss-whedon-gets-wrong-about-the-word-feminist/281305/ Dries, Kate. "Watch Joss Whedon Make a Perfect Speech About the Word Feminist." 7 Nov. 2013. 26 Sep. 2015. http://jezebel.com/watch-joss-whedon-make-the-perfect-speech-about-the-wor-1460080685. Fuchs, Cynthia. "'Did Anyone Ever Explain to You What 'Secret Identity' Means?' Race and Displacement in Buffy and Dark Angel." Undead TV: Essays on Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Eds. Elana Levine and Lisa Parks. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2007. 96-115. Jenkins, Henry. "Introduction: Confessions of an Aca/Fan." Fans, Bloggers, and Gamers: Exploring Participatory Culture. New York: New York University Press, 2006. 1-8. Jenkins, Henry. "Excerpts from 'Matt Hills Interviews Henry Jenkins.'" Fans, Bloggers, and Gamers: Exploring Participatory Culture. New York: New York University Press, 2006. 9-36. Jowett, Lorna. "Buffy, Dark Romance, and Female Horror Fans." Fan Phenomena: Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Ed. Jennifer K. Stuller. Chicago: Intellect Books, 2013. 90-100. Jowett, Lorna. "Introduction." Sex and the Slayer: A Gender Studies Primer for the Buffy Fan. Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 2005. 1-17. Jowett, Lorna. "Tough Guys" & "New Men." Sex and the Slayer: A Gender Studies Primer for the Buffy Fan. Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 2005. 95-143. Le, Mike. "Frustrations of an Asian American Whedonite." Racebending.com. 17 Jul. 2012. 26 Sep. 2015. http://www.racebending.com/v4/featured/frustrations-asian-american-whedonite/. Lipsitz, George. "The Case for Studying Popular Culture." Major Problems in American Popular Culture. Eds. Kathleen Franz and Susan Smulyan. Boston: Wadsworth, Cenage Learning, 2012. 3-9. McCracken, Allison. "At Stake: Angel's Body, Fantasy Masculinity, and Queer Desire in Teen Television." Undead TV: Essays on Buffy the Vampire Slayer.Eds. Elana Levine and Lisa Parks. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2007. 116-144. Mendlesohn, Farah. "Surpassing the Love of Vampires; or, Why (and How) a Queer Reading of the Buffy/Willow Relationship Is Denied." Fighting the Forces: What's at Stake in Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Eds. Rhonda V. Wilcox and David Lavery. New York: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2002. 45-60. Overbey, Karen Eileen and Lahney Preston-Matto. "Staking in Tongues: Speech Act as Weapon in Buffy." Fighting the Forces: What's at Stake in Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Eds. Rhonda V. Wilcox and David Lavery. New York: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2002. 73-84. Pender, Patricia. "'I'm Buffy, and You're...History': The Postmodern Politics of Buffy." Fighting the Forces: What's at Stake in Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Eds. Rhonda V. Wilcox and David Lavery. New York: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2002. 35-44. Whedon, Joss. "On Strong Women Characters." Genius. 2006. 26 Sep. 2015. http://genius.com/Joss-whedon-on-strong-women-characters-annotated. Wilcox, Rhonda V. and David Lavery. "Introduction." Fighting the Forces: What's at Stake in Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Eds. Rhonda V. Wilcox and David Lavery. New York: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2002. xvii-xxix.

Media

The Avengers. Dir. Joss Whedon. Perf. Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner, Tom Hiddleston, Clark Gregg. Walt Disney Pictures, 2012. https://amzn.com/B009GEBBNQ. Digital. Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog. Dir. Joss Whedon. Perf. Neil Patrick Harris, Nathan Fillion, Felicia Day. Time Science Blood Club, 2008. https://amzn.com/B001O22ELQ. Digital. Much Ado About Nothing. Dir. Joss Whedon. Perf. Amy Acker, Alexis Denisof. Lionsgate, 2013. https://amzn.com/B00ESH04LQ. Digital. Buffy the Vampire Slayer "Welcome to the Hellmouth." Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Season 1, Episode 1. FOX, 1997. http://amzn.com/B000HJ14U4. Digital. "Lie to Me." Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Season 2, Episode 7. FOX, 1997. https://amzn.com/B005SEKD2S. Digital. "Passion." Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Season 2, Episode 17. FOX, 1998. https://amzn.com/B000HVLUYM. Digital. "The Zeppo." Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Season 3, Episode 13. FOX, 1999. https://amzn.com/B002A9RSTU. Digital. "Hush." Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Season 4, Episode 10. FOX, 1999. https://amzn.com/B005SELYKS. Digital. "Fool for Love." Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Season 5, Episode 7. FOX, 2000. https://amzn.com/B003MPB658. Digital. "The Body." Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Season 5, Episode 16. FOX, 2001. https://amzn.com/B003MP7O4U. Digital. "Once More With Feeling." Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Season 6, Episode 7. FOX, 2001. https://amzn.com/B005SERRDQ. Digital. Angel "City Of." Angel. Season 1, Episode 1. FOX TV Classics, 1999. https://amzn.com/B00627JIOE. Digital. "Smile Time." Angel. Season 5, Episode 14. FOX TV Classics, 2004. https://amzn.com/B005YVPUJQ. Digital. Firefly "Serenity." Firefly. Season 1, Episode 1. FOX, 2002. https://amzn.com/B000H4QD1O. Digital. "The Train Job." Firefly. Season 1, Episode 2. FOX, 2002. https://amzn.com/B000HAB4VM. Digital. Dollhouse. "Ghost." Dollhouse. Season 1, Episode 1. FOX, 2009. https://amzn.com/B0044I5HDY. Digital.

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