Calendar

Course Schedule

 (Note: Go to the server for readings that are indicated as “PDF”)

Week 1         

T   1/14             Introduction

Th 1/16             Defining Trauma

               Herman, “Forgotten History” (PDF)

                             Everyone writes a one-page response & bring a hard copy to class                         

                             ***Tech Training: Bring your laptops***

Week 2

T  1/21             Caruth, Introduction “Trauma and Experience” and Introduction “Recapturing the

                            Past” (PDF)

                           Group A #1—post your response on blog by 9pm on Monday

Th 1/23           Laub, “Bearing Witness, or the Vicissitudes of Listening” and “An Event Without a

                           Witness” (PDF)

                           Group B #1—post your response on blog by 9pm on Wednesday

Week 3

T    1/28         The Holocaust

                           Delbo, “Days and Memory” and Ozick, “Shawl” (PDF) (Group A #2)                  

Th  1/30          Herman, “Remembrance and Mourning” and “Reconnection” (PDF) (Group B #2)                  

          

Week 4

T  2/4               Spiegleman, Maus I (Group A #3)                       

Th 2/6             Spigleman, Maus II (Group B #3)                        

                           Watch the movie Schindler’s List individually or as a group before 2/11.  

                          It’s on reserve.

Week 5

T   2/11           Schindler’s List “Schindler’s List: Myth, Movie, and Memory” from Village Voice

                          Hansen, “Schindler’s List is Not Shoah” (PDF) (Group A #4)                  

Th 2/13           Memories of American Slavery

·      Morrison, “The Site of Memory”

·      Morrison Beloved, read through Ch. 4 (p. 59) (Group B #4)                  

Week 6

T   2/18          Morrison, read through Ch. 11 (p. 133) (Group A #5)                  

Th 2/20           Morrison, read through Ch. 18 (end of Part I) (p. 195) (Group B #5)                  

Week 7

T  2/25            Morrison, read through Ch. 23 (p. 256) (Group A #6)                  

Th 2/27           Finish Beloved (Group B #6)                  

Week 8

T   3/4            **First Essay DUE**

                         Hiroshima  

                         Screen Hiroshima Mon Amor

Th 3/6           Brown, “Not Outside of the Range” (PDF) (Group B #7)                  

Week 9

T   3/12         Spring Break—No classes

Th 3/14         Spring Break—No classes

Week 10

T   3/18          Excerpts from Brison’s Aftermath (Group A #7)                  

Th 3/20          The Vietnam War

                         O’Brien’s The Things They Carried, read through p. 58 (Group B #8)                  

Week 11

T   3/25          O’Brien, read through p. 110 (Group A #8)                    

Th 3/27          O’Brien, read through p. 170 (Group B #9)                  

                           *****A Statement of Research Interest DUE***

Week 12

T  4/1            Finish O’Brien (Group A #9)                                       

Th 4/3          Foer’s Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (TBA) (Group B# 10)                  

Week 13   

T    4/8          Foer, (TBA) (Group A #11)                  

Th  4/10       Foer, (TBA)  (Group B #12)                  

Week 14

T   4/15         Foer, (TBA)  (Group A #12)                  

Th  4/17       Foer, (TBA)  (Everyone posts a response for extra credit)                             

Week 15

T   4/22         Peer Review in class

                        Finished Draft of the final paper DUE

Th 4/24        Student Presentations

Week 16

T   4/29         Student Presentations

Th 5/1           Last Day of Classes

                        Student Presentations

                        ***Final Essay Due***