LITR 237: Fantasy (CRN 969)
MWF 11:00-11:50, FITZ 316
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| 26 Aug—Intro to class | 28 Aug—Defining fantasy | |
| 31 Aug—Read Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (Angel post due 1st by noon) | 2 Sept—Read Through the Looking Glass | 4 Sept—Sign up for presentation groups and topics—Read Benchley in Year’s Best (54-68) |
| 7 Sept—Read Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Angel post due 8th by noon) | 9 Sept—Discussion | 11 Sept—Read Abraham in Year’s Best (1-15) |
| 14 Sept—Read The Hobbit chapters 1-10 (Angel post due 15th by noon) | 16 Sept—Read The Hobbit chapter 11 to end | 18 Sept—Read Chiang in Year’s Best (265-81) |
| 21 Sept—Read The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (Angel post due 22nd by noon) | 23 Sept—Discussion | 25 Sept—Read The Golden Compass chapters 1-6 |
| 28 Sept—No class | 30 Sept—Read The Golden Compass chapters 7-19 (Angel post due 1st by noon) | 2 Oct—Read The Golden Compass chapter 20 to end |
| 5 Oct—Read Fevre Dream chapters 1-20 (Angel post due 6th by noon) | 7 Oct—Read Fevre Dream chapter 21 to end | 9 Oct—Paper due by 5; Read Adisa in So Long (230-42) |
| 12 Oct—Read The Color of Magic (Angel post due 13th by noon) | 14 Oct—Discussion | 16 Oct—Read Schanoes in Year’s Best (310-17) |
| 19 Oct—Read The Sandman vol. 1 (Angel post due 20th by noon) | 21 Oct—Discussion | 23 Oct—Read Dowling in Year’s Best (399-414) |
| 26 Oct—Read Sabriel prologue to chapter 19 (Angel post due 27th by noon) | 28 Oct—Read Sabriel chapter 20 to end | 30 Oct—Read Nix in Year’s Best (379-98) |
| 2 Nov—Read Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban chapters 1-10 (Angel post due 3rd by noon) | 4 Nov—Read Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban chapters 11-15 | 6 Nov—Read Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban chapter 16 to end |
| 9 Nov—Read Oates (282-8), Black (300-8), and Lee (334-55) in Year’s Best | 11 Nov—Read Sherman (91-102) and Johnson (423-38) in Year’s Best | 13 Nov—Read Collins (44), Griswold (103), Anderson (140-1), Taaffe (189-90), Valente (256-64), Smith (309), and Mattawa (356-7) in Year’s B. |
| 16 Nov—Read Hairston (23-45), Lai (53-60), and van Eekhout (151-60) in So Long | 18 Nov—Read Okorafor-Mbachu and Singh (70-94) in So Long | 20 Nov—Read Thomas and Compton (108-138) in So Long |
| 23 Nov—Thanksgiving Break | 25 Nov—Thanksgiving Break | 27 Nov—Thanksgiving Break |
| 30 Nov—Presentations: Animal Fantasy | 2 Dec—Presentations: Horror; Picture Book Fantasies | 4 Dec—Presentations: Low Fantasy; High Fantasy; Science Fiction |
| 7 Dec—Presentations: Children's Fantasy; Graphic Novel/Comic; Vampire | 9 Dec—Presentations: Humorous Fantasy; Urban Fantasy | 11 Dec—Review for Final Exam |
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