LITR 5737: Literary & Historical Utopias
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Syllabus, schedule, |
Presentation schedule LITR 5737 2007
Presentation Schedule LITR 5737 2005
Syllabus for 1995 course on American Utopian Literature
Lecture Notes
Tuesday, 29 May: introduction
Thursday, 31 May: Utopia
Monday, 4 June: conclude Utopia; begin Looking Backward
Tuesday, 5 June: Looking Backward (complete)
Thursday, 7 June: begin Herland
Monday, 11 June: conclude Herland
Tuesday, 12 June: Anthem
Thursday, 14 June: Anthem
Monday, 18 June: midterm
Tuesday, 19 June: selections from Genesis & Revelation; the Book of Acts; Plato’s Republic; American founding documents
Thursday, 21 June: alternative or multicultural utopias
Monday, 25 June: begin Ecotopia
Tuesday, 26 June: Toni Morrison’s Paradise and two virtual-reality novels with utopian themes
Thursday, 28 June: conclude Ecotopia
Monday, 2 July: final exam due by Tuesday, 3 July at noon.