English 285 Syllabus
English 285 READING AND EVENTS SCHEDULE

Chapter 1, Naming Names, Sept 12 - Sept 26
Chapter 2, Cold-War Sci Fi, Sept 27 - Oct 3
Chapter 3, The End of Ideology, Oct 5 - Oct 19
Chapter 4, The Organization Man, Oct 23 - Oct 26
Chapter 5, Feminists Are Communists, Oct 31 - Nov 2
Chapter 6, The Triumph of the Therapeutic, Nov 7 - Nov 14
Chapter 7, Consensus and Dissensus, Nov 16 - Nov 21
Chapter 8, Conformity in the Universities, Nov 28 - Dec 6


285 listserv archive
Ellona Wilner's undergraduate's bill of rights
Exam results
Alex Edelman's "tour" of 285
The English 285 Directory - who we were
Go to film screening schedule.
Listserv collage


Key
H    = book to buy at House of Our Own Bookstore 
W    = reading on world wide web
B    = reading in bulkpack to buy at Campus Copy Center
HO   = photocopies to be handed out in class
***  = position paper due to papers@english by beginning of class

Thu, Sep 07

Chapter One: NAMING NAMES

Tue, Sep 12
Thu, Sep 14 Thu, Sep 14, 8 PM Tue, Sep 19 Thu, Sep 21 Mon, Sep 25

Tue, Sep 26

Chapter Two: COLD WAR SCI FI

Wed, Sep 27
  • Film: Invasion of the Body Snatchers

Thu, Sep 28
Tue, Oct 03

Chapter Three: THE END OF IDEOLOGY

Thu, Oct 05 - Readings in the End of Ideology
Tue, Oct 10 Thu, Oct 12 Fall Break Thu, Oct 19

Chapter Four: THE ORGANIZATION MAN

Sun, Oct 23, 8 PM, BH 226
Tue, Oct 24 Thu, Oct 26

Chapter Five: FEMINISTS ARE COMMUNISTS

Tue, Oct 31
Wed, Nov 01 Thu, Nov 02

Chapter Six: THE TRIUMPH OF THE THERAPEUTIC

***Tue, Nov 07 - Readings in the Triumph of the Therapeutic
Wed, Nov 08 Thu, Nov 09 Mon, Nov 13 Tue, Nov 14

Chapter Seven: CONSENSUS AND DISSENSUS

Thu, Nov 16 Mon, Nov 20 Tue, Nov 21 THANKSGIVING

Chapter Eight: CONFORMITY IN THE UNIVERSITIES

Tue, Nov 28 Thu, Nov 30 Tue, Dec 05

Wed, Dec 06 - 6:30 PM, Room 108, Van Pelt College House

Thu, Dec 07 TBA


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