Important dates
January 14 - First day of classes.
January 25 -MLK Birthday
February 18 - Presidents' Day.
March 18-22 - Spring break.
April 29 - Last day of classes.


DATE DISCUSSION TOPIC READING DUE ASSIGNMENTS DUE
January 15 Introduction/Overview Sign-on to class listserve *now*
January 17 Qualities of a Monster/Documentation "Monsters as (Uncanny)Metaphors" Bring in grammar/format handbooks
January 22 Library
January 24 Medieval Monsters Beowulf - through line 1231
January 29 Medieval Monsters Beowulf - through line 2200
January 31 Medieval Monsters Beowulf - finish
February 5 Renaissance Monsters Richard III - Acts I-III
February 7 Renaissance Monsters Richard III - Acts IV-V
February 12 Conferences
February 14 Conferences
February 19 Gothic/Man-made Monsters Frankenstein Volume I/Research paper proposals due
February 21 Gothic/Man-made Monsters Frankenstein Volume II
February 26 Gothic/Man-made Monsters Frankenstein Volume III
February 28 Gothic/Man-made Monsters Frankenstein View 1931 film version of Frankenstein in Media Resources - Gelman Library
March 5 Gothic/Man-made Monsters Read "The Sandman"/ ViewForbidden Planet
March 7 Man-made monsters The Terminator
March 12 Man-made monsters The Matrix/selection from Baudrillard
March 14 Doppelgangers "The Doubles" and "William Wilson"
March 26 Doppelgangers Dr. Jeckyll and Mr. Hyde - Through section entitled "Incident of the Letter" Annotated Bibliography Due
March 28 Doppelgangers Dr. Jeckyll and Mr. Hyde - Finish
April 2 Doppelgangers Invasion of the Body Snatchers
April 4 Vampires "Fragment of a Novel" and The Vampyr
April 9 Vampires Dracula - Through Jonathan Harker's Journal entries. Final Paper Due
April 11 Vampires Dracula - Finish
April 16 Vampires Nosferatu and Shadow of the Vampire
April 18 Goth Culture/Modern Vampires
April 23 Final Presentations
April 25 Final Presentations
April 30 Last day to turn in paper revisions.