This schedule may be altered at any point
in the term at the instructor’s discretion. Students must complete readings
by the time class meets on the dates indicated. The designation (P) indicates
a reading from the course packet. Please note that there are several film
screenings outside of class. If you cannot attend the screening, you must
view the film on your own.
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Date
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Activity/Topic
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Reading/Film
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Due
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3/28
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Course
introduction
Lab introduction
and student
survey
Analyzing graphic narratives
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3/29
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Posting on Ghost World due
by 10:00 p.m.
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3/30
[Top] |
Discuss McCloud and Clowes, Ghost World
Conducting
research
Ghost World case study assignment
distributed
Presentation assignment distributed
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McCloud, “The Vocabulary of Comics”
and “Time Frames” (P, 1-61); Clowes, Ghost
World
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4/4
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Discuss Zwigoff, Ghost World, Mann, “Ghost World,” and adaptation
theories of Stam and Elliott
Presentation sign-ups
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Bordwell and Thompson, “Narrative as a Formal System”
(P, 62-81); Giannetti, “Photography” (P,
82-94); Stam, “Introduction: The Theory and Practice of Adaptation”
(P, 95-146); Elliott, “Novels, Films, and the Word/Image Wars” (P,
146-167); Mann, “Ghost World” (available on course web site); Zwigoff, Ghost World
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4/5
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Post Ghost World case study
proposal by 10:00 p.m.
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4/6
[Top] |
Writing workshop: Ghost World case
study proposals
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Bring copy of Ghost World case
study proposal in two electronic formats
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| 4/10 |
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Ghost World case study due by noon via E-Submit |
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4/11
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Discuss Hamlet, Act I
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Hamlet,
Act 1 (5-69), “Shakespeare’s Hamlet”
(xiii-xiv), and “Shakespeare’s Life” (xxiv-xxxiii)
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Context presentations
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4/12
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Posting on Hamlet due by
10:00 p.m.
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4/13
[Top] |
Discuss Hamlet, Acts II
and III
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Hamlet,
Acts II and III (71-185), “The Cheer and Comfort of Our Eye’: Hamlet and
Surveillance” (311-316)
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Context presentations
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4/18
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Discuss Hamlet, Act IV
Hamlet case
study assignment distributed
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Hamlet,
Act IV (187-235); “Speaking the Unspeakable: Hamlet and Memory”
(316-320); Findlay, “Hamlet: A Document in Madness” (P, 168-176)
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Context presentations
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4/19
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Posting on Hamlet due by
10:00 p.m.
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4/20
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Discuss Hamlet, Act V
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Hamlet,
Act V (237-287); “‘To Tell My Story’: Unfinished Hamlet”(320-322);
“’The Undiscovered Country’: Hamlet and the Secrets of Death”
(323-326);
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Context presentations
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4/20
[Top] |
2:45-4:15 p.m., MGH 082
Screening: Hamlet Goes Business (Kaurismäki, 1987)
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4/25
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Discuss Hamlet Goes Business, The
Fifteen Minute Hamlet, Ophelia portraiture, and adaptation
theories of Bazin, Cassetti, and Boyum
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Kaurismaki, Hamlet Goes Business; Stoppard, The
Fifteen Minute Hamlet (P, 177-184); Young, “The Ophelia
Phenomenon” (P, 185-207-223); Ophelia paintings (select five from
course web gallery); Bazin, “Adaptation,
or the Cinema as Digest” (P, 208-212); Casetti,
“Adaptation and Mis-adaptations” (P,
213-223); Boyum, “The Viewer as Reader: Varieties of Interpretation”
and “The Filmmaker as Reader: The Question of Fidelity” (P, 224-243)
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4/26
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Post Hamlet case study essay
proposal by 10:00 p.m.
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4/27
[Top] |
Hamlet adaptation
presentations
Workshop: Hamlet case study
proposals
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Group adaptation presentations
Bring copy of Hamlet case
study proposal in two electronic formats
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| 5/1 |
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Hamlet case
study due by noon via E-Submit |
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5/2
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Discuss Shelley, Frankenstein
Frankenstein case study assignment distributed
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Shelley, Frankenstein, Volumes
I and II (5-101); Joseph, “The Composition of Frankenstein”
(157-160); Shelley, “Introduction to Frankenstein, Third Edition
(1831)” (169-173); Poovey, “‘My Hideous
Progeny’: The Lady and the Monster” (251-261)
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Context presentations
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| 5/3 |
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Posting on Frankenstein due
by 10:00 p.m.
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5/4
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Discuss
Shelley, Frankenstein
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Shelley, Frankenstein, Volume
III (103-156); Mellor, “Possessing Nature: The Female in Frankenstein”
(274-286); Butler, “Frankenstein and
Radical Science” (302-313)
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Context presentations
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5/4
[Top] |
2:45-4:00 p.m., MGH 076
Screening: Frankenstein (Whale,
1931)
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5/9
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Discuss Frankenstein adaptations
and adaptation theories of Andrew and McFarlane
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McFarlane, “Backgrounds, Issues,
and a New Agenda” (P, 260-274); Andrew, “Adaptation” (P, 275-279); Schor,
“Frankenstein and Film” (P, 280-290); Jackson, Patchwork
Girl
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5/10
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Post Frankenstein case study
proposal by 10:00 p.m.
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5/11
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Frankenstein adaptation presentations
Workshop: Frankenstein case
study proposals
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Group adaptation presentations
Bring copy of Frankenstein case
study proposal in two electronic formats
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5/11
[Top] |
2:45-5:00 p.m., Kane 19
Screening: Star Wars (Lucas,
1977)
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5/14
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Frankenstein case study due by noon via E-Submit
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5/16
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Discuss Star Wars
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Brooker, “Internet Fandom and Continuing Narratives”
(P, 275-297)
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Context presentations
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5/17
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Posting on Star Wars and
adaptations due by 10:00 p.m.
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5/18
[Top] |
Discuss Star Wars novels/novelizations,
and comic books
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Selected Star Wars novel/novelization and
comic book
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5/22
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Star Wars case study essay due by noon. via E-Submit
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5/23
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Star Wars adaptation presentations
Workshop: Web Authoring I
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Group adaptation presentations
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5/25
[Top] |
Present adaptation project topics
and discuss ideas-in-progress
Workshop: Web Authoring II
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5/30
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Discuss adaptation project proposals
Course evaluation
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Adaptation project proposal; bring
in two electronic formats
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6/1
[Top] |
Peer review of adaptation project drafts
Self assessment
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Adaptation project draft; bring
in two electronic formats
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6/8
[Top] |
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Adaptation project due by noon;
submit URL via E-Submit
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