America
and Assimilation
7/13
M Introduction to class, discussion of syllabus, plagiarism and What it means
to be American? Read Brave We Are and Two Kinds (Handout)
7/14T
Brave We Are and Two Kinds,
7/15
W The Namesake (Film)
7/16
R The Namesake (Film), Read “A Good Man
Is Hard to Find”
Faith
and Religion
7/20
M “A Good Man Is Hard to Find”, Read “A
Very Old Man With Enormous Wings”
7/21
T “A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings”
7/22
W Film: The Life of Pi
7/23
R Film: ASSIGN FIRST ESSAY The Life of Pi, Read “The Lottery” (Handout)
Tradition,
Persecution and “Groupthink”
7/27
M NO CLASS
7/28
T NO CLASS
7/29
W Film: The Village, “The Lottery” (849)Read
“The Sisterhood of Night” (Handout)
7/30
R “The Sisterhood of Night” , Film FIRST
ESSAY DUE The Village, and The
Temp (Handout)
The
Magical Stranger and Culture
8/3
M “The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World”, Read “The Temp”
8/4
T “The Temp” ASSIGN FINAL PAPER
8/5W
Film: Edward Scissorhands
8/6
R Film: Edward Scissorhands
Final
Week
8/10M
Meet in my office for help with Final Paper
8/11
T Meet in my office for help with Final Paper
8/12
W Meet in my office for help with Final Paper
8/13
R LAST DAY OF CLASS, FINAL PAPER DUE
