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Week 1.
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Class Topic/Activity
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Reading (for Class that day)
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Weekly Task
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Tu
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1/17
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Intro to the Course
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Th.
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1/19
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Beat, Scene, Act
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McKee-1, PDF pages 2-6
Antigone, lines 1-700
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Week 2.
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Tu.
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1/24
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Character and Structure
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McKee-1, PDF pages 7-11
Antigone, finish the play
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Discussion Post ~500 words due before Tuesday 1/24 class
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Th.
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1/26
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Multi-character fictional drama in prose
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Week 3
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Tu.
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1/31
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Class discussion: Issues with story adaptation
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Home Fire (1-55, Isma section)
McKee-2
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2/2
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Character Arc
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Home Fire (59-183, Eamonn and Parvaiz sections)
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Discussion Post (FOUR QUESTIONS) due SUNDAY NIGHT AT MIDNIGHT
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Week 4
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Tu.
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2/7
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Essay work and discuss Home Fire
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Home Fire (finish the book)
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Th.
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2/9
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The Language of Television
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Read Mad Men pilot & watch ep. 1
Watch Mad Men ep. 2
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Due Friday at midnight, Pre-draft Essay #1 on Antigone and Home Fire
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Week 5
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Tu.
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2/14
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Adapting the Novel
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Mad Men watch ep. 3;
read 1x4 and watch ep. 4
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Th.
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2/16
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Postwar Feminism
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Mad Men watch ep. 5
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Due Friday at midnight, First Draft Essay #1 on Antigone and Home Fire [750 words]
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Week 6
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Tu.
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2/21
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Draft Script to Screen: Group Presentations
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Read Mad Men 1x6 and watch ep. 6
Simone de Beauvoir, Chapter 10 selections
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Th.
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2/23
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Draft Script to Screen: Group Presentations
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Watch Mad Men ep. 7 and 8 and read 1x8
Simone de Beauvoir, Chapter 14 selections
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Due Friday at midnight, Second Draft of Essay on Antigone and Home Fire [1000 words]
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Week 7
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Tu.
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2/28
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Draft Script to Screen: Group Presentations
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Friedan Ch. 1 and Ch. 3
Watch Mad Men ep. 9, 10
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Th.
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3/2
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Draft Script to Screen: Group Presentations
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Read Mad Men 1x11 and watch ep. 11
Read Mad Men 1x12 and watch ep. 12
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Discussion Board, by Friday midnight: Beauvoir/Friedan and Mad Men
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Week 8
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Tu.
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3/7
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Draft Script to Screen: Group Presentations
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Mad Men 1x13 and watch ep. 13
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Th.
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3/9
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Conclusion of Mad Men
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Memorize a speech of at least 8-10 lines from Mad Men
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Essay #2 Pre-draft
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Week 9
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Tu.
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3/14
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Race and Doubleness: Revisions of Noir
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Devil in a Blue Dress
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Th.
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3/16
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Race and Doubleness: Revisions of Noir
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Devil in a Blue Dress
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by Friday: Essay #2 First Draft [1000 words]
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Week 10
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Tu.
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3/21
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Multi-protagonist TV Crime
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THE WIRE: Skim first 20 pages of THE SHOW BIBLE
THE WIRE: Read pilot script (at least the cast of characters!) and watch the screen version
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Th.
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3/23
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Battles of Bureaucracy in Episodic TV
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THE WIRE: Read and watch episode 2
THE WIRE: Read and watch episode 3
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by Friday: Essay #2 Second Draft [1200 words]
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Week 11
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Tu.
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4/4
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Setting up a season with Multiple Character arcs
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THE WIRE: Read episodes 4-6
THE WIRE: Watch the screen versions of episodes 4-6
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Th.
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4/6
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Visual Storytelling
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THE WIRE: Read episodes 7-8
THE WIRE: Watch the screen versions of episodes 7-8
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Week 12
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Tu.
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4/11
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David Simon’s Vision
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THE WIRE: Read episodes 9-10
Watch the screen versions of episodes 9-10
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Th.
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4/13
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David Simon’s Vision
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Watch the screen version of episode 11
Read and watch episode 12
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Essay #3 Pre-draft due Friday 4/14 at midnight
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Week 13
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Tu.
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4/18
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THE WIRE: Read and watch episode 13
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Th.
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4/20
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Sources of THE WIRE: TBA
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Essay #3 First Draft [1200 words] due Friday 4/21 at midnight
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Week 14
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Tu.
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4/25
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PRESENTATIONS
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Sources of THE WIRE: TBA
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Th.
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4/27
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PRESENTATIONS
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Due Week 15, Wed May 3: Essay #3 Second Draft [1500 words]
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