Unit 4

Week 8

Tuesday 10/15
Discuss Fifty Shades of Grey (pg. 3-97) and fan fiction. Look at earlier drafts of Fifty Shades, “Master of the Universe.”

Homework: Continue reading Fifty Shades of Grey, chapters 7-11 (pg. 98-186). Write a question about a passage you’d like to discuss in class.

Thursday 10/17
Discuss Fifty Shades of Grey (pg. 98-186) and contractual relationships.

Homework: Continue reading Fifty Shades of Grey, chapters 12-18 (pg. 187-330). Write a question about a passage you’d like to discuss in class.

Week 9

***Advising Season begins October 21.

Tuesday 10/22
Discuss Fifty Shades of Grey (187-330).

Homework: Continue reading Fifty Shades of Grey, chapters 19-22 (pg. 331-417). Write a question about a passage you’d like to discuss in class.

Thursday 10/24
Discuss Fifty Shades of Grey (pg. 331-417) and the epistolary in email form.

Homework: Finish reading Fifty Shades of Grey, chapters 23-26 (pg. 418-514). Write a question about a passage you’d like to discuss in class.

Week 10

Tuesday 10/29
Finish Discussing Fifty Shades of Grey (pg. 418-514). Brainstorm ideas for Blogpost.

Homework: Read Goldsmith, “Dream Machines and Eternidays” and think about what it teaches us about creating art in the digital age. How can it help us understand fan fiction?

Thursday 10/31
Happy Halloween. Discuss Goldsmith and blogposts.

Homework: Finish Blogpost 4 and post it by Friday (11/1) at 5pm. Over the weekend, check out the Poetry for Excitable [Mobile] Media project, called PoEMM for short. Read about the projects and watch some of the videos. If you’re feeling inclined, download some of the apps to see the poems in play.

Blogpost 4: Due Friday (11/1) at 5pm.