WEEK 2: ORIGINS
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Lecture: Origins
The Scientific Revolution
Mary Shelly’s Frankenstein
Read: Frankenstein (Ch 1-10)
WEDNESDAY
Read: Frankenstein (Ch 11-24)
THURSDAY
Classwork: Decoder Ring
FRIDAY
Discuss: Decoder Ring
WEEKEND
Obtain your copy: Slaughterhouse-Five
OVERVIEW
Syllabus
Class Policies
Final Exam Study Guide
MATERIALS
Prime Directive
Annotative Bookmark
Decoder Ring
Two Peas in a Pod
LECTURES
Introduction: What Is Sci-Fi?
Unit 1 Origins: Scientific Revolution
Unit 2 Foundations: Industrial Revolution
A Trip to the Moon: Film History #1
A Trip to the Moon (Full Length Film)
Smashing Pumpkins: “Tonight Tonight”
Metropolis: The Way We See the Future
American Experience: “War of the Worlds”
Unit 3 Golden Age: Technical Revolution
Unit 4 Contemporary: Genre Busting
Space Epic: 2001: A Space Odyssey
Space Western: Star Wars
Sci-Fi Noir: Blade Runner
Cyberpunk and Biopunk
Negative Utopia: The Truman Show
NOVELS
Frankenstein
Brave New World
1984
Fahrenheit 451
Lecture
Annotative Bookmark
Guided Reading
Synopsis and Orientation
Handout 1: The Fifties
Handout 2: Science Fiction
Handout 3: Ecclesiastes
Cat’s Cradle
Slaughterhouse-Five
The Handmaid’s Tale
Lecture
Annotative Bookmark
Guided Reading
Puzzle Piece #1
Puzzle Piece #2
Puzzle Piece #3
Puzzle Piece #4