Significant World Writers
Calendar for Class Discussion & Exams

"there are moments when . . . I do more than half believe
myself that the whole thing was a dream" (127).
H. G. Wells' The First Men in the Moon (1901)

for pre-class "points for reflection,"
click on the color bar above each day's readings

Date	Readings: Path I	Topics
ESTABLISHING PARAMETERS: SPACE, TIME & TEMPARAMENT

R, 9-18	Mutability Sir Thomas More's Utopia (1516), excerpts P. Shelley's "Mutability" (1814-15; 1816) W. Wordsworth's "Lines Composed A Few Miles above Tintern Abbey" (July 1798; 1798), excerpt Lord Byron's "Darkness" (1816; 1816) R. Browning's "Love Among the Ruins" (1853; 1855)	format: roundtable discussion
T, 9-23	NO CLASS / This class session will be replaced by the film screening of Twelve Monkeys on Wed., Oct. 27 at 7 p.m. at The Palm theater in SLO DUE: Post "Impassioned Plea" (i.e. comment) responding to Dr. M's YouTube video on A.I. by 11:59 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 23

R, 9-25	Ideality on Trial Mary Shelley's The Last Man (1826), Vol. 1: introduction [beginning w/ "I visited Naples . . ."] & chps. 1-9 / pp. 5-136	format: roundtable mini-lecture: M. Shelley & her circle / Part 1

T, 9-30	Identity's Anchors Mary Shelley's The Last Man (1826), chps. 10-19 Mary Wollstonecraft's A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (1792), excerpts / PDF	format: roundtable mini-lecture: M. Shelley & her circle / Part 2

R, 10-2	Utopia or Dystopia? Mary Shelley's The Last Man (1826), chps. 20-30 DUE: print out & bring 5-6 study questions of your own concerning chps. 20-23 (the first 4 of 11 assigned chps.)	format: sml grp argumentation mini-lecture: M. Shelley & her circle / Part 3

T, 10-7	Evolution or Devolution? Karl Marx's and Friederich Engel's The Communist Manifesto (1848), excerpts, PDF 'H. G. Wells' The Time Machine (1895), pp. 3-76 E. M. Forster's "The Machine Stops" (1909), PDF [bring copy on which you can write notes by hand--hard copy or flat tablet]	format: free-form roundtable

R, 10-9	A Gender Divide Charlotte Perkins Gilman's Herland (1915) DUE: send via email 5-6 study questions spread throughout chps. 9-12 (the final 4 of 12 chps.) by 8 a.m. today--include answers with page numbers W. E. B. Du Bois's "The Comet" (1920), PDF [bring copy on which you can write notes by hand--hard copy or flat tablet]	format: roundtable discussion

T, 10-14	Everybody's Happy Now Aldous Huxley's Brave New World (1932)	format: small group discussion and report

R, 10-16	Rational Spirit C. S. Lewis's The Abolition of Man (1943)	format:
R, 10-16	EXTRA-CREDIT FILM SCREENING 6:30 P.M. / Film Screening at Trinity Presybterian's Community Room / free popcorn / Albert Hughes's & Allen Hughes's The Book of Eli (2010) [time-equivalent alternative: write 500-600 word essay about film in one hour during office hours]

T, 10-21	A Space, A Place [ASYNCHRONOUS SESSION] D. Lessing's The Memoirs of a Survivor (1974), 3-108 DUE: students send links to one video of themselves discussing 3 study questions (roughly 2-3 min. each, with the whole no longer than 10 min.). Post at your YouTube acccount for easy access. This video will count for participation credit today. On Thursday, you will take two quizzes, one for pp. 3-108, another for pp. 108-223.	format:

R, 10-23	Love Unlimited D. Lessing's The Memoirs of a Survivor (1974), 108-223	format:
M, 10-27	REQUIRED FILM SCREENING 7 p.m. / Terry Gilliam's Twelve Monkeys (1995) / required film Screening at The Palm Theater in downtown SLO DUE: Impassioned Plea responding to Dr. M's pre-screening video / post before class begins on Tuesday, Oct. 28

T, 10-28	Lost in Time Terry Gilliam's Twelve Monkeys (1995) Midterm Exam Study Guide MIDTERM EXAM [bring unsigned blue book & we'll mix them]

R, 10-30	Mutability Redux Octavia Butler's The Parable of the Sower (1993), pp. 3-166	format:

T, 11-4	A Sacrificed Principle Octavia Butler's The Parable of the Sower (1993), pp. 167-329 ASSIGNED: Final Project DUE: bring two hard copies of 5-6 study questions spread throughout today's reading to class at 9:10 a.m., one copy for yourselves, and one for Dr. M	format:

R, 11-6	Aggressive Apathy P. D. James' The Children of Men (1992), 3-120	format:
T, 11-11	NO CLASS / VETERAN'S DAY HOLIDAY

R, 11-13	Emotional Renaissance P. D. James' The Children of Men (1992), 121-241 Graham Greene's "The Last Word" (1998; 1990) / ADD	format:
R, 11-13	EXTRA-CREDIT FILM SCREENING 6:30 P.M. / Film Screening at Trinity Presybterian's Community Room / free popcorn / Alfonso Cuarón's The Children of Men (2006) [time-equivalent alternative: write 500-600 word essay about film in one hour during office hours]

T, 11-18	Sandcastles in the Wind M. Atwood's Oryx and Crake (2003), pp. 3-184	format:

R, 11-20	The Doctrine of Unintended Consequences Margaret Atwood's Oryx and Crake (2003), pp. 185-374	format:

T, 12-2	Unmanned Brian K. Vaughan's and Pia Guerra's Y: The Last Man (2003), pp.6-130 Term Project Stage #1: peer editing of draft of 1st section of project (5-10 double-spaced pgs, unless is poem, painting, or music)

R, 12-4	An Upturned Sky Brian K. Vaughan's and Pia Guerra's Y: The Last Man (2003), pp. 131-246 Term Project Stage #2: peer editing of draft of 2nd section of project (5-10 double-spaced pgs, unless is poem, painting, or music)	format:
W, 12-10	TERM PROJECT due at 9 a.m. (send Word file via email)
R, 12-11	Project Presentations / 10:10 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. student presentations of projects (10 min. each)