Schedule
The following is a schedule of readings for each week of the semester. The reading listed under a particular day is the reading that will be discussed in our meeting that day; therefore, you should complete the readings prior to our meeting. Reading Accountability Quizzes (RAQs) will be due on the day we complete a text.
Although some of the readings will be available on ASULearn (these are marked with an asterisk (*) below), most will need to be bought, rented, or obtained in some other way. You can find a complete list of these here. I have ordered these books through the App State bookstore, and they should also be available as eBooks through ASULearn, but you could also obtain them through the library or a third-party book seller. In whatever format you have them, please make sure to bring a copy to class on the day of our discussion.
Weekly Schedule
Unit 1: Historical vs. Fictional Shipwrecks
Monday, January 10th
Introductions!
Wednesday, January 12th
Cabeza de Vaca, The Narrative of Cabeza de Vaca (44-89)
Friday, January 14th
Cabeza de Vaca, The Narrative of Cabeza de Vaca (89-132)
Monday January 17th: NO CLASS
Wednesday, January 19th
Cabeza de Vaca, The Narrative of Cabeza de Vaca (132-176)
RAQ for The Narrative of Cabeza de Vaca due.
Friday, January 21st
Laila Lalami, The Moor’s Account (3-49)
Monday, January 24th
Laila Lalami, The Moor’s Account (51-103)
Wednesday, January 26th
Laila Lalami, The Moor’s Account (105-150)
Friday, January 28th
Laila Lalami, The Moor’s Account (151-208)
Monday, January 31st
Laila Lalami, The Moor’s Account (209-261)
Wednesday, February 2nd
Laila Lalami, The Moor’s Account (263-321)
RAQ for The Moor's Account due.
Unit 2: Tempests
Friday, February 4th
Shakespeare, The Tempest (Acts 1 and 2)
Monday, February 7th
Shakespeare, The Tempest (Acts 3-5)
RAQ for The Tempest due.
Wednesday, February 9th
Aimé Césaire, Une Tempête (Acts 1 and 2)
Friday, February 11th
Aimé Césaire, Une Tempête (3-5)
RAQ for Une Tempête due.
ESSAY ONE DUE on Sunday, February 13th.
Unit 3: Crusoes and Fridays
Monday, February 14th
Daniel Defoe, Robinson Crusoe (4-40)
Wednesday, February 16th
Daniel Defoe, Robinson Crusoe (41-77)
Friday, February 18th
Daniel Defoe, Robinson Crusoe (78-114)
Monday, February 21st
Daniel Defoe, Robinson Crusoe (115-151)
Wednesday, February 23rd
Daniel Defoe, Robinson Crusoe (152-188)
Friday, February 25th
Daniel Defoe, Robinson Crusoe (189-220)
RAQ for Robinson Crusoe due.
Monday, February 28th
Michael Tournier, Friday, or, The Other Island (7-44)
Wednesday, March 2nd
Michael Tournier, Friday, or, The Other Island (45-95)
Friday, March 4th
Michael Tournier, Friday, or, The Other Island (97-147)
March 7th-11th: NO CLASS--SPRING BREAK
Monday, March 14th
Michael Tournier, Friday, or, The Other Island (149-199)
Wednesday, March 16th
Michael Tournier, Friday, or, The Other Island (200-235)
RAQ for Friday, or, The Other Island due.
Friday, March 18th
*Elizabeth Bishop, “Crusoe in England”*
RAQ for "Crusoe in England" due.
Monday, March 21st
J. M. Coetzee, Foe (1-45)
Wednesday, March 23rd
J. M. Coetzee, Foe (47-111)
Friday, March 25th
J. M. Coetzee, Foe (113-157)
RAQ for Foe due.
ESSAY 2 DUE on Sunday, March 27th.
Interlude: Zong!
Monday, March 28th
*Christina Sharpe, Selection from In the Wake: On Blackness and Being (35-62)*
*M. NourbeSe Philip, Selections from Zong!*
Wednesday, March 30th
Continued discussion of readings from Monday
RAQ for Sharp and Philip readings due.
Unit 4: Speculative Wrecks
Friday, April 1st
Kurt Vonnegut, Galápagos (3-54)
Monday, April 4th
Kurt Vonnegut, Galápagos (55-100)
Wednesday, April 6th
Kurt Vonnegut, Galápagos (101-150)
Friday, April 8th
Kurt Vonnegut, Galápagos (151-197)
Monday, April 11th
Kurt Vonnegut, Galápagos (198-235)
Wednesday, April 13th
Kurt Vonnegut, Galápagos (239-282)
Friday, April 15th: NO CLASS
Monday, April 18th
Kurt Vonnegut, Galápagos (283-324)
RAQ for Galápagos due.
Wednesday, April 20th
Joanna Russ, We Who Are About To (1-41)
Friday, April 22nd
Joanna Russ, We Who Are About To (41-78)
Monday, April 25th
Joanna Russ, We Who Are About To (79-118)
RAQ for We Who Are About To due.
Wednesday, April 27th
Robert Zemeckis, dir. Castaway (2 hrs. 25 min.)
RAQ for Castaway due.