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

M, 4-3	Mutability P. Shelley's "Mutability" (1814-15; 1816) W. Wordsworth's "Lines Composed A Few Miles above Tintern Abbey" (July 1798; 1798) Lord Byron's "Darkness" (1816; 1816) R. Browning's "Love Among the Ruins" (1853; 1855)	pre-class clip: 2012 (chps 9-10, chp 5 [23:36-25:25]) format: writing exercise, discussion

W, 4-5	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

M, 4-10	Identity's Anchors Mary Shelley's The Last Man (1826), chps. 10-19	format: roundtable mini-lecture: M. Shelley & her circle / Part 2

W, 4-12	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
Sat, 4-15	*film screening: Steven Spielberg's War of the Worlds* (2005) / 7 p.m. start time**

M, 4-17	Evolution or Devolution? H. G. Wells' The Time Machine (1895), pp. 3-76	format:

W, 4-19	Scraps of the Untainted Sky E. M. Forster's "The Machine Stops" (1909), PDF [print out & bring, or use digital tablet--no laptops] C. S. Lewis's The Abolition of Man (1943)	format:

M, 4-24	A Life of the Mind J. Wyndham's The Chrysalids (1955), pp. 1-224 C. S. Lewis's The Abolition of Man (1943) [continued]	format:

W, 4-26	Unspeakable Conversations W. E. B. Du Bois's "The Comet" (1920), PDF [print out & bring, or use digital tablet--no laptops] S. Beckett's Endgame (1957), PDF [print out & bring, or use digital tablet--no laptops]	format:
Sat, 4-29	*film screening: George Lucas's THX 1138* (1971) / 7 p.m. start time**

M, 5-1	A Space, A Place D. Lessing's The Memoirs of a Survivor (1974), 3-108 Stage #1: peer editing of draft of one section of project [(5-10 double-spaced pgs, unless is poem, painting, or music]	format:

W, 5-3	Love Unlimited D. Lessing's The Memoirs of a Survivor (1974), 108-223	format:
Sat, 5-6	film screening: NO SCREENING

M, 5-8	Aggressive Apathy P. D. James' The Children of Men (1992), 3-120	format:

W, 5-10	Emotional Renaissance P. D. James' The Children of Men (1992), 121-241	format:
Sat, 5-13	*film screening: Denis Villeneuve's Blade Runner 2049* (2017) / 7 p.m. start time**

M, 5-15	Mutability Redux Octavia Butler's The Parable of the Sower (1993), pp. 3-166 Stage #2: peer editing of draft (5-10 double-spaced pgs) of one section of project [exceptions: poem, painting, music]	format:

W, 5-17	A Sacrificed Principle Octavia Butler's The Parable of the Sower (1993), pp. 167-329 students each generate study 5-6 prompts for class discussion [send to Dr. M before class begins]	format:

M, 5-22	Sandcastles in the Wind M. Atwood's Oryx and Crake (2003), pp. 3-184	format:

W, 5-24	The Doctrine of Unintended Consequences Margaret Atwood's Oryx and Crake (2003), pp. 185-374	format:
Sat, 5-27	*film screening: Mark Romanek's Never Let Me Go* (2010)**

M, 5-29	Memorial Day: NO CLASS	format:

W, 5-31	Student Workday: NO CLASS	format:

M, 6-5	Unmanned Brian K. Vaughan's and Pia Guerra's Y: The Last Man (2003), pp.6-130 Julia Alvarez's "Heroics" (May, 1982), PDF Stage #3: peer editing of draft (5-10 double-spaced pgs) of one section of project [exceptions: poem, painting, music]

W, 6-7	An Upturned Sky Brian K. Vaughan's and Pia Guerra's Y: The Last Man (2003), pp. 131-246 Fatima Lim-Wilson's "Raising the Dead" (1994), PDF	format:
F, 6-9	TERM PROJECT due at 9 a.m. (send Word file via email)
M, 6-12	Project Presentations / 7:10-10:00 a.m. poster boards & presentation of projects (10 min. each)