schedule

schedule Fa23

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

date readings Work due
8/28 Introduction, requirements, assignments self-introduction on Padlet:
What is the Anthropocene? How Can it be Represented in Fiction?
8/31 Nixon, from Slow Death in the Anthropocene[C]
LeMenager, "Climate Change and the Struggle for Genre"[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.
9/7 (note: no class on Labor Day 9/4) 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.
9/11 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: be sure to sign into hypothes.is and select our group from the drop-down!
The Future is Here: Octavia Butler's Parable of the Sower (1993)
9/14 Butler, Parable Chs 1-7
optional: check out this podcast featuring critics/superfans of OBs work reading and analyzing her work!		 Blog post #2 due
Wednesday 9/14 is last day to drop for 25% tuition refund.
9/18 Butler, Parable Chs 8-15
9/21 Butler, Parable Chs 16-20
9/28 Butler, finish No class Monday 9/25: Rosh Hashana
10/2 Canavan, Gerry. “Science Fiction and Utopia in the Anthropocene.”
accessible in ETEXTS here		 minimum three annotations via hypothesis due:
use correct group:
10/5 Frazier, Chelsea M. “Troubling Ecology: Wangechi Mutu, Octavia Butler, and Black Feminist Interventions in Environmentalism.”
accessible in ETEXTS on this site:		 minimum three annotations via hypothesis due:
use correct group:
10/10 No class: Take-home midterm (all instructions are on [this template]() Midterm due by Tuesday 5/10 at midnight via Dropbox: no exceptions!
Realism and the "New Normal": Ghosh, THE HUNGRY TIDE
10/12 Ghosh, beginning to "Kusum" chapter Note schedule change: Tu is Mon this week
10/16 Ghosh, "Words" to "Pursued" chapter at end of Part I blog post #3 due
10/19 Ghosh, "Beginning Again" chapter to "The Megha"
10/23 Ghosh, "Memory" to "Kratie" blog post #4 due
10/26 Ghosh, finish
10/30 Jones, "A Postcolonial Utopia for the Anthropocene"
 minimum three annotations via hypothesis due:
use correct group:
11/2 Nayar, "The Postcolonial Uncanny..."
 minimum three annotations via hypothesis due:
use correct group:
Deep Time, the Everyday, and Narrative: Lerner's 10:04
11/6 Lerner, 10:04, I-II blog post #5 due
11/9 Library Visit: in E114 (enter via Library) with Jennifer Newman Final project research question due via blog post
answer questions on Padlet
11/13 Lerner, III blog post #6 due
11/16 Lerner, IV Final project simple bibliography due via blog post
11/20 Lerner, finish No class Thursday: Thanksgiving
11/27 De Bruyn, "Realism 4˚..." accessible in ETEXTS
: minimum three annotations via hypothesis due
11/30 Gibbons, "Metamodernism, the Anthropocene, and the Resurgence of Historicity" [C] Final project annotated bibliography due
12/4 “Pairs” conferences I read tipsheet and final project template before your conference
in case you’ve forgotten your slot
12/7 “Pairs” conferences II read tipsheet and final project template before your conference
here’s the signup sheet in case you’ve forgotten your slot
12/11 “Lightning Talks” on final projects + wrap-up Final project due 12/13 at 12 midnight
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]