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