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ENGL 4271\/5271-D01 & WGST 4050\/5050-002 Syllabus<\/a><\/strong> (fall 2024)
Major Assignments on Canvas<\/a><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

August 19: Introduction to the course<\/a><\/strong>
August 21: More Introduction<\/a><\/strong>
                  Isaac Asimov’s \u201cCult of Ignorance\u201d (1980)<\/strong>
                  Fricke, David. “The E Street Band Keep Rolling in ’09” (2009)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

August 26: Consider Media-ted Arguments<\/a><\/strong>
August 28: Media & American Culture<\/a><\/strong>
                 <\/strong> Jefferson, Thomas et. al. \u201cThe Declaration of Independence.”<\/a><\/strong> 4 July 1776.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

September 2: Labor Day\u2014No Class Meeting<\/strong>
September 4: The Medium is<\/em> the Message!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

September 9: The Public Sphere<\/a><\/strong>
September 11: Critical Theory<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

September 16: Let’s Talk about…<\/a>
<\/strong>September 18: Postmodernism, Part 1<\/a><\/strong>
Critical Cultural Analysis ESSAY #1 Due on Canvas<\/a> on 9\/20, 11:00pm<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

September 23: Postmodernism, Part 2<\/a><\/strong>  
September 25: Postmodernism, Part 3<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

September 30: Capitalist Realism<\/a><\/strong>
October 2: Hauntology<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

October 7: Myth in American Culture<\/a><\/strong>
October 9: MIDTERM EXAM\u2014No Class Meeting<\/strong>
                 Exam is on Canvas<\/a><\/strong><\/span>
Be Reading one or both of these over your break:<\/strong>
                 Curran, James, Natalie Fenton, & Des Freedman. Misunderstanding the Internet<\/em><\/a><\/strong>
                 Hank Green\u2019s An Absolutely Remarkable Thing<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

October 14: Fall Break\u2014No Class Meeting<\/strong>
October 16: Conference\u2014No Class Meeting but Online Stuff<\/strong>
                 Images of Women in the Media<\/strong> (notes here)<\/a>
                 Film on Kanopy through Atkins Library: Killing Us Softly 4<\/a> (2010)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

October 21: The Internet, Part 1<\/a><\/strong>
October 23: The Internet, Part 2<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

October 28: The Internet, Part 3<\/a><\/strong>
October 30: Social Construction of Sexuality<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

November 4: Hank Green\u2019s An Absolutely Remarkable Thing<\/em>, Part 1<\/a><\/strong>
November 6: Hank Green\u2019s An Absolutely Remarkable Thing<\/em>, Part 2<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

November 11: Veteran’s Day\u2014No Class Meeting<\/strong>
November 13: Hank Green\u2019s An Absolutely Remarkable Thing<\/em>, Part 3<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

November 18: Feminism’s Non-Monolithic Nature<\/a><\/strong>
November 20: Compulsory Heterosexuality<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

November 25: Presentation Discussion<\/a><\/strong>
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Critical Media Analysis Project Due on Canvas<\/a> on Tuesday, 11\/25, 11:00pm<\/span><\/strong>
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/strong>Do the Online Teaching Evaluations<\/p>\n\n\n\n

November 27-30: Thanksgiving Break<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

December 2: Presentations<\/strong>
                    Do the Online Teaching Evaluations<\/strong>
December 4: Presentations<\/strong>
                     Do the Online Teaching Evaluations<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

December 11: Final Exam<\/strong>–check Canvas<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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