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English 192 Science Fiction ROBOT LOVE!
ENGL 192 - Summer (B) 2003,  Elizabeth Freudenthal

Mon, 8/4
Week 1: Early Works



Location: SH 1430


Screening: METROPOLIS
Wednesday, August 7, at 7:00 p.m.
Location: Girvetz Hall 1112

Readings Due:
8/5 Frankenstein, Letter 1-Chapter 13
8/6 Frankenstein, Chapter 14-end
8/8 Metropolis

Mon, 8/11
Week 2: The Other



Location: SH 1430


Screening: 2001, A SPACE ODESSY
Wednesday, August 13, at 7:00 p.m.
Location: Girvetz Hall 1112

Readings Due:
8/11 "The Evitable Conflict" ERES
8/12 "When I was Miss Dow"; "The Women Men Don't See"
8/13 "Tauf Aleph"; "Tandy's Story"
8/14 2001, A Space Odessy

Mon, 8/18
Week 3: Time and Space Travel



Location: SH 1430

Screening: 12 MONKEYS
Wednesday, August 20, at 7:00 p.m.
Location: Girvetz Hall 1112

Readings Due: 8/18 "Invaders"; "Over the River and Through the Woods"
8/19 "Kyrie"; "t-zero" ERES
8/20 "Frozen Journey"; "High Weir"
8/21 MID-TERM EXAM POSTPONED TILL MONDAY!,
12 Monkeys

Mon, 8/25
Week 4: Apocalypse and Dystopia

Screening: BRAZIL
Wednesday, August 27, at 7:00 p.m.
Location: Girvetz Hall 1112

Readings Due: 8/25 MIDTERM, POSTPONED FROM THURSDAY; Amnesia Moon, pp 1-172
8/26 Amnesia Moon,pp 173-end
8/27 "Alpha Ralpha Boulevard"; "The Secret History of World War 3" ERES
8/28 Brazil

Mon, 9/1
Week 5: Cyberpunk

Screening: eXistenZ
Wednesday, September 4, at 7:00 p.m.
Location: Girvetz Hall 1112

Readings Due: 9/1 Labor Day--No Class
9/2 "Gernsback Continuum";"Johnny Mnemonic" at Project Cyberpunk : http://project.cyberpunk.ru/lib/johnny_mnemonic/"
9/3 "(Learning About)Machine Sex"
9/4 eXistenZ

Mon, 9/8
Week 6: Cyberpunk Continued, then Wrapping Up and Beaming Out

Readings Due: 9/8 Patchwork Girl
9/9 ROUGH DRAFT OF FINAL PAPER DUE
9/10 Reviewing and Renewing
9/11 FINAL PAPER DUE; FINAL EXAM



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