Week 1
8/24 - 8/28 |
Review the Course Website
Read Advice
Read Homework Overview
Read Double Indemnity (novel)
Watch Double Indemnity
**New Instructions for accessing iTunes U
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| Week 2
8/31 - 9/4 |
Read Double Indemnity (screenplay)
Listen to Film Noir
Read Film Noir
Read Wilder on Film Noir
Listen to DICasting
Read Stanwyck on DI
Discussion 1 (post in forum before midnight Sat 9/5)
Read Breakfast at Tiffany's
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Week 3
9/7 - 9/11 |
Watch Breakfast at Tiffany's
After Watching the film, listen to
Background on Breakfast at Tiffany's (iTunes)
Discussion 2 (post in forum before midnight Sat 9/12)
Read The Searchers
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Week 4
9/14 - 9/18 |
Watch The Searchers
Background re John Ford and The Searchers (iTunes)
Optional Additional Readings: (if you choose to read these, I recommend waiting until after you've read the novel and watched the film)
1) Alan LeMay's Biography
2) Dirks
3) Morris
Discussion 3 (post in forum before midnight Sat 9/19)
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Week 5
9/21 - 9/25 |
Read Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep
Watch Bladerunner (Final Cut)
Optional Additional Readings: :
(if you choose to read these, I recommend waiting until
after you've read the novel and watched the film)
1) Dirks
2) Ebert
3) Overview re various versions of the film
Discussion 4 (post in forum before midnight Sat 9/26)
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Week 6
9/28 - 10/2 |
Read Heart of Darkness
Reminder: Paper 1 is due on 10/15
Also, note that next week's discussion is due
on Wednesday
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| Week 7
10/5 - 10/9 |
Watch Apocalypse Now (Redux)
Things to Watch For
Discussion 5 (due before midnight on Th 10/8*)
*Note the unusual Wed due date above
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Week 8
10/12 - 10/16
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Paper 1 (post in the Paper 1 Forum
before midnight on Th 10/15)
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Week 9
10/19 - 10/23 |
Read "Memento Mori" (click on title for link)
Watch Memento
(click here for navigation instructions if you are
using the 2 disk dvd)
Things To Look For
Read Memento "explained" (click on "explained")
Discussion 6 (due before midnight on Sat 10/24)
Start reading All The President's Men
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Week 10
10/26 - 10/30 |
Read All the President's Men
Watch All the President's Men
Read
1) Brayton
2) Background
Discussion 7 (due before midnight Sat 10/31)
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Week 11
11/2 - 11/6 |
Read The Princess Bride
Watch The Princess Bride
Optional Reading
1) Goldman's screenplay
2) Interview with Goldman
Discussion 8 (due before midnight Sat 11/7)
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Week 12
11/9 - 11/13 |
Read How to Write an A Paper
Read Fight Club
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Week 13
11/16 - 11/20 |
Watch Fight Club
Optional Additional Readings:
(if you choose to read these, I recommend waiting until
after you've read the novel and watched the film)
1) Interview with Palahniuk
2) Interview with Fincher
Discussion 9 on Fight Club (due before midnight Sat11/21)
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Week 14
11/23 - 11/27 |
Read The Taming of the Shrew
Thanksgiving
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Week 15
11/30 - 12/4 |
Watch 10 Things I Hate About You
Discussion 10 on The Taming of the Shrew and
10 Things I Hate About You
(due before midnight Tu 12/1)
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Week 16
12/7 - 12/8 |
Paper 2 due (post in forum as a Word or PDF file
before midnight on Mon 12/7)
Prepare for Final Exam
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Final Exam |
Final Exam (you can take the Final Exam online any time
between 6 a.m. Th 12/10 thru noon F 12/11)
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