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From Bride
of Frankenstein (1935) |
Michael K. JohnsonEnglish 297: Literature and Film, Fall 2005SyllabusMeetsRoberts 131 Required texts
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| Date | Reading |
|---|---|
| 8/31 |
Introduction; Corrigan, A
Short Guide (17-74) |
| 9/7 |
Alexie, The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fist Fight in Heaven. Video: The Lone Ranger (starring Clayton Moore and Jay Silverheels) |
| 9/14 |
Corrigan, A Short Guide (79-123; 154-77); quiz over film terms Jacquelyn
Kilpatrick, from Celluloid Indians:
Native Americans and Film (handout). Film: Last of the Mohicans. Dir. Clarence Brown. Perf. Wallace Beery, Barbara Bedford, Albert Roscoe. 1920. |
| 9/21 |
Film: Smoke Signals. Screenplay by Sherman Alexie. Dir. Chris Eyre. Perf. Adam Beach, Evan Adams, Gary Farmer, Irene Bedard. 1998. |
| 9/28 |
Draft of essay #1 due for workshop; Jane Austen, Emma (have the novel completed) |
| 9/30 |
Essay #1 due by 5:00 p.m. in 208 Roberts |
| 10/5 |
Film: Jane Austen’s Emma. Dir. Diarmuid Lawrence. Perf. Kate Beckinsale, Mark Strong, Prunella Scales, Bernard Hepton, Samantha Morton. 1996. |
| 10/12 |
Film: Emma. Dir. Douglas McGrath. Perf. Gwyneth Paltrow, Toni Collette, Alan Cumming, McGregor, Jeremy Northam. 1996. |
| 10/19 |
Film: Clueless. Dir Amy Heckerling. Perf. Alicia Silverstone, Brittany Murphy, Justin Walker, Paul Rudd. 1995. |
| 10/21 |
Clueless response paper due by 5:00 pm in 208
Roberts |
| 10/26 |
Draft of Essay #2 due for workshop; Mary Shelley, Frankenstein (have novel completed) |
| 10/28 |
Essay #2 due by 5:00 p.m. in 208 Roberts |
| 11/2 |
Zakharieva, “Frankenstein of the Nineties: The Composite Body” (416-31 in Shelley, Frankenstein). Film: Frankenstein. Dir.
James Whale.
Perf. Colin Clive, Mae Clarke, John Boles, Boris Karloff. 1931. Video: The X-Files: “The Post-Modern Prometheus.” Dir. Chris Carter. Perf David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson. Original Air Date: 11/30/97. |
| 11/9 |
J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter
and the Prisoner of Azkaban (have the novel completed).
Benshoff, selections from Monsters
in the Closet: Homosexuality and the Horror Film
(handout). Film: Bride of Frankenstein. Dir. James Whale. Perf. Boris Karloff, Colin Clive, Elsa Lanchester, Ernest Thesiger. 1935. |
| 11/16 |
Film: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. Dir. Alfonso Cuaron. Perf. Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Robbie Coltrane, Michael Gambon, Richard Griffiths, Gary Oldman, Alan Rickman, Fiona Shaw, Maggie Smith, Timothy Spall, David Thewlis, Emma Thompson, Julie Waters. |
| 11/30 |
Film: Harry Potter and the
Goblet of Fire (arrangements for viewing this film to be
announced) |
| 12/7 |
Draft of Essay #3 due for workshop;
Film: Young Frankenstein. Dir. Mel Brooks. Perf. Gene Wilder, Marty Feldmen, Teri Garr, Peter Boyle, Cloris Leachman, Madeline Khan, Kenneth Mars, Gene Hackman. 1974. |
| 12/9 |
Final Paper Due: Friday,
December 9, by 5:00 p.m. in 208 Roberts |
