Cool Britannia, Fall 2009

syllabus

week

readings

anything extra

1	1& 3 Sept	An Introduction to Post-Windrush Britain 7-Up photocopied reading for Thursday
2	8 & 10 Sept	*Small Island* chapters 1–10 for Tuesday chapters 11–22 for Thursday	Prep paper due Tuesday Andrea Levy’s website Check out the Imperial War Museum’s online exhibit on “ stories of conflict, belonging, and identity,” which arose from their “From War to Windrush” exhibit
3	15 & 17 Sept	*Small Island* chapters 23–34 for Tuesday chapters 35–end for Thursday	Prep paper due Thursday film on Sunday (My Beautiful Laundrette) Library 321 @ 6:00 p.m.
4	22 & 24 Sept	Tuesday:*My Beautiful Laundrette* and Kureishi essays Thursday: *This is England*	Prep paper due Tuesday or Thursday film on Wednesday (This is England) Library 321 @ 8:00 p.m. Hanif Kureishi’s website
5	29 Sept & 1 Oct	*White Teeth* book I for Tuesday book II for Thursday	Prep paper due Tuesday Info on Zadie Smith
6	6 & 8 Oct	*White Teeth* book III for Tuesday book IV for Thursday	Prep paper due Thursday
7	15 Oct	No class Tuesday—Fall Reading Days Waterland Chapters for Thursday	Prep paper due Thursday see the website
8	20 & 22 Oct	Waterland to end for Tuesday Atonement book I for Tuesday	Prep paper due Thursday Ian MacEwan’s website
9	27 & 29 Oct	Atonement book II & III for Tuesday book IVfor Thursday	Prep paper due Thursday film on Wednesday (Atonement) Library 321 @ 8:00 p.m.
10	5 Nov	No class Tuesday—Advising Day *The Virgin in the Garden* Part I (“A Fugitive Virtue”)for Thursday	Prep paper due Thursday A. S. Byatt’s website
11	10 & 12 Nov	*The Virgin in the Garden* Part II (“A Flowery Tale”)for Tuesday Part III (“Redit et Virgo”)for Thursday	Prep paper due Thursday
12	17 & 19 Nov	Neverwhere chapters 1–5 for Tuesday chapters 6–11 for Thursday	Prep paper due Tuesday
		Thanksgiving Break!	Draft of term paper due Tuesday (24 November)by the beginning of class
13	1 & 3 Dec	Neverwhere chapters 12–end for Tuesday *Shaun of the Dead* and *28 Days Later* for Thursday	Prep paper due Thursday Neil Gaiman’s website films on Wednesday (zombie double feature!) Library 321 @ 6:00 p.m
14	8 & 10 Dec	*The Golden Compass* Part I (“Oxford”) for Thursday Part II (“Bolvangar”) & Part III (“Svalbard”) for Thursday	Prep paper due Tuesday Phillip Pullman’s website
15	Wednesday, 16 Dec	Final exam—7:00–9:15 p.m.	Revised term paper due at exam I strongly urge everyone, but particularly people who haven’t written papers for me before, to look at my on-line paper-writing guidelines. They’re aimed at a less experienced audience than you, but still contain useful and relevant information about my expectations.