{"id":17,"date":"2009-08-21T11:17:57","date_gmt":"2009-08-21T15:17:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.samplereality.com\/gmu\/fall2009\/459\/?page_id=17"},"modified":"2009-12-01T12:37:05","modified_gmt":"2009-12-01T17:37:05","slug":"course-calendar","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.samplereality.com\/gmu\/fall2009\/459\/course-calendar","title":{"rendered":"Calendar"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>PaRT 1 \/ THe DiSaSTeR NoVeL<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Tuesday, September 1<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Introduction<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Thursday, September 3<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sontag, Susan. \u201cThe Imagination of Disaster.\u201d <em>Against Interpretation<\/em>. New York: Picador, 2001. 209-225. (e-reserve)<\/li>\n<li>Weisman, Alan. <em>The World without Us<\/em>. New York: Thomas Dunne Books-St. Martin&#8217;s Press, 2007.  15-39. (e-reserve)<\/li>\n<li>Disaster Ephemera<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Tuesday, September 8<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle, <em>Lucifer\u2019s Hammer<\/em>, pp. 1-129<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Thursday, September 10<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Lucifer\u2019s Hammer<\/em>, pp. 130-197<\/li>\n<li>Frye, Northrop. \u201cThe Archetypes of Literature.\u201d <em>The Kenyon Review <\/em>13.1 (1951): 101-110. &lt;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jstor.org.mutex.gmu.edu\/stable\/4333216\">http:\/\/www.jstor.org.mutex.gmu.edu\/stable\/4333216<\/a>&gt;.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Tuesday, September 15<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Lucifer\u2019s Hammer<\/em>, pp. 198-320<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Thursday, September 17<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Lucifer\u2019s Hammer<\/em>, pp. 321-401<\/li>\n<li>Guidelines for the week&#8217;s blog post using <a href=\"http:\/\/www.samplereality.com\/gmu\/fall2009\/459\/archives\/225\">Google Books Search on <em>Lucifer&#8217;s Hammer<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li>In class links: &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/sots\/3925656683\/in\/photostream\/\">Apocalypse Porn<\/a>&#8221; and <em>Lucifer&#8217;s Hammer <\/em>on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/books?id=mWL5SdJobpcC&amp;printsec=frontcover&amp;dq=lucifer%27s+hammer&amp;ei=wWiySoCDMaKUMrvH7eMD#v=onepage&amp;q=&amp;f=false\">Google Books<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Tuesday, September 22<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Lucifer\u2019s Hammer<\/em>, pp. 403-525<\/li>\n<li>du Bois, W.E.B. \u201cThe Comet.\u201d <em>Darkwater: Voices from within the Veil<\/em>. Harcourt, Brace and Howe, 1920. 253-273. (<a href=\"https:\/\/gmu.blackboard.com\/\">Blackboard<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Thursday, September 24<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Lucifer\u2019s Hammer<\/em>, pp. 526-629<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>PaRT 2 \/ THe PoSTMoDeRN DiSaSTeR NoVeL<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Tuesday, September 29<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Don DeLillo, <em>White Noise<\/em>, pp. 1-105<\/li>\n<li>Cockburn, Alexander. \u201cDeath Rampant! Readers Rejoice.\u201d <em>Stop the Presses, I Want to Get Off<\/em>. Ed. Richard Pollack. Random House, 1975. 3-17.\u00a0(<a href=\"https:\/\/gmu.blackboard.com\/\">Blackboard<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Thursday, October 1<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>White Noise<\/em>, pp. 107-163<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Tuesday, October 6<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>White Noise<\/em>, pp. 165-271<\/li>\n<li>Benjamin, Walter. \u201cThe Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction.\u201d <em>Illuminations: Essays and Reflections<\/em>. New York: Schocken Books, 1986. 217-51. (<a href=\"https:\/\/gmu.blackboard.com\/\">Blackboard<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Thursday, October 8<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>White Noise<\/em>, pp. 272-326<\/li>\n<li>Don DeLillo, \u201cSilhouette City: Hitler, Manson and the Millennium\u201d (e-reserve)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>PaRT 3 \/ aPoCaLYPTiC JouRNeYS<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Tuesday, October 13<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>No Class: Monday\/Tuesday Switch Day<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Thursday, October 15<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Parable of the Sower<\/em>, chapters 1-10<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Tuesday, October 20<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Parable of the Sower<\/em>, chapters 11-20<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Thursday, October 22<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Parable of the Sower<\/em>, chapters 21-25<\/li>\n<li>Phillips, Jerry. \u201cThe Intuition of the Future: Utopia and Catastrophe in Octavia Butler&#8217;s &#8220;Parable of the Sower&#8221;.\u201d <em>NOVEL: A Forum on Fiction <\/em>35.2\/3 (2002): 299-311. &lt;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jstor.org.mutex.gmu.edu\/stable\/1346188\">http:\/\/www.jstor.org.mutex.gmu.edu\/stable\/1346188<\/a>&gt;.<\/li>\n<li>Stillman, Peter G. \u201cDystopian Critiques, Utopian Possibilities and Human Purposes in Octavia Bulter&#8217;s Parables.\u201d <em>Utopian Studies <\/em>14.1 (2003): 15. 19 Aug 2009 &lt;<a href=\"http:\/\/search.ebscohost.com.mutex.gmu.edu\/login.aspx?direct=true&amp;db=hlh&amp;AN=10461058&amp;site=ehost-live\">http:\/\/search.ebscohost.com.mutex.gmu.edu\/login.aspx?direct=true&amp;db=hlh&amp;AN=10461058&amp;site=ehost-live<\/a>&gt;.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Tuesday, October 27<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Cormac McCarthy, <em>The Road<\/em>, 1-79<\/li>\n<li>Blogging Audit Due<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Thursday, October 29<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>The Road<\/em>, pp. 80-167<\/li>\n<li>Baum, Andrew. \u201cToxins, Technology, and Natural Disasters.\u201d <em>Cataclysms, Crises, and Catastrophes: Psychology in Action<\/em>. Ed. Gary R. VandenBos &amp; Brenda K. Bryant. Washington D.C.: American Psychological Association, 1987. 31-47. (<a href=\"http:\/\/courses.gmu.edu\">Blackboard<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Tuesday, November 3<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>The Road<\/em>, pp. 168-287<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Thursday, November 5<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Continue discussion of <em>The Road<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>PaRT 4 \/ THe DiSaSTeR oF HiSToRY<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Tuesday, November 10<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Jonathan Safran Foer, <em>Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close<\/em>, pp. 1-85<\/li>\n<li>Van der Kolk, Bessel A, and Alexander C McFarlane. \u201cThe Black Hole of Trauma.\u201d <em>Traumatic Stress: The Effects of Overwhelming Experience on Mind, Body, and Society<\/em>. Ed. Lars Weisaeth, Bessel A. van der Kolk, &amp; Alexander C. McFarlane. New York: Guilford Press, 1996. 3-23 (<a href=\"http:\/\/courses.gmu.edu\">Blackboard<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>In class links: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/topics\/earth\/features\/2012.html\">NASA&#8217;s FAQ on 2012<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Thursday, November 12<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close<\/em>, pp. 86-173<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2005\/02\/27\/magazine\/27FOER.html?_r=1&amp;ei=5070&amp;en=9a3906819ff7da91&amp;ex=1121313600&amp;pagewanted=print&amp;position=\">Profile of Jonathan Safran Foer<\/a> in <em>New York Times<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Tuesday, November 17<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close<\/em>, pp. 174-259<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/miamibooks.wordpress.com\/2007\/03\/03\/rereading-extremely-loud-incredibly-close\/\">&#8220;Rereading Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close&#8221;<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Thursday, November 19<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close<\/em>, pp. 260-326<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Tuesday, November 24<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Paper Proposals and Annotated Bibliographies Due<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Thursday, November 26<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Thanksgiving<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Tuesday, December 1<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Junot D\u00edaz, <em>The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao<\/em>, pp. 1-75<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/docs.google.com\/present\/view?id=dgzx6wms_247dggmkccf\">Supplemental Course Evaluation Questions<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Thursday, December 3<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao<\/em>, pp. 76-165<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Tuesday, December 8<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao<\/em>, pp. 166-261<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Thursday, December 10<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao<\/em>, pp. 262-335<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Tuesday, December 15<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Final Paper Due<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PaRT 1 \/ THe DiSaSTeR NoVeL Tuesday, September 1 Introduction Thursday, September 3 Sontag, Susan. \u201cThe Imagination of Disaster.\u201d Against Interpretation. New York: Picador, 2001. 209-225. (e-reserve) Weisman, Alan. The World without Us. New York: Thomas Dunne Books-St. Martin&#8217;s Press, 2007. 15-39. (e-reserve) Disaster Ephemera Tuesday, September 8 Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle, Lucifer\u2019s Hammer,&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.samplereality.com\/gmu\/fall2009\/459\/course-calendar\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Calendar<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samplereality.com\/gmu\/fall2009\/459\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samplereality.com\/gmu\/fall2009\/459\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samplereality.com\/gmu\/fall2009\/459\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samplereality.com\/gmu\/fall2009\/459\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samplereality.com\/gmu\/fall2009\/459\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/www.samplereality.com\/gmu\/fall2009\/459\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38,"href":"https:\/\/www.samplereality.com\/gmu\/fall2009\/459\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17\/revisions\/38"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samplereality.com\/gmu\/fall2009\/459\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}