| SES # | TOPICS | KEY DATES |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Introduction | |
| 2 |
George Saunder's "My Flamboyant Grandson" Ursula LeGuin's "Science Fiction and the Future" Russell Baker's "Marriage á la Mode" and "Completely Different" |
Writing/reading profile due |
| 3 | Albert Goldbarth's "The Future" | |
| 4 | Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 | |
| 5 | Fahrenheit 451 (cont.) |
Essay I proposal due Proposal conferences one day after Ses #5 |
| 6 | Ursula LeGuin's The Word for World Is Forest | |
| 7 | The Word for World Is Forest (cont.) | Essay I due |
| 8 | Class workshop of essay I | |
| 9 | Film: The Matrix | |
| 10 |
The Matrix (cont.) Adam Gopnik, "The Unreal Thing" (e-reserve) |
Revisions of essay I due one day before Ses #10 |
| 11 | Margaret Atwood's Oryx and Crake |
Essay II proposal due Proposal conferences one day after Ses #11 |
| 12 | Oryx and Crake (cont.) | |
| 13 | Oryx and Crake (cont.) | Essay II due |
| 14 | Class workshops of essay II | Essay III proposal due |
| 15 | MIT Libraries instruction session on the digital instruction resource center | |
| 16 | George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four, selections | Revisions of essay II due one day before Ses #17 |
| 17 | Nineteen Eighty-Four (cont.) | |
| 18 | Film: Blade Runner | Essay III due one day before Ses #19 |
| 19 | Class workshop of essay III | |
| 20 | Silent reading session | |
| 21 | Oral presentations | Revisions of essay III due one day before Ses #22 |
| 22 | Oral presentations (cont.) | Assignment IV due |
| 23 | Class workshop of assignment IV | |
| 24 | Donna Haraway's "A Cyborg Manifesto" | |
| 25 | Last class: tea and celebratory reading at professor's home | Portfolios due |