TENTATIVE SCHEDULE:
Following is a general schedule, subject to change; specific assignments will be given at the end of each class. Please plan to watch each film in its entirety before the first class in which we will discuss it unless otherwise instructed.
| 8/25 | Introduction | |
| 8/31 | James Kelman*; participation rubric | |
| 9/1 | Chariots of Fire, dir. Hugh Hudson | |
| 9/6 | NO CLASSES SCHEDULED | |
| 9/8 | NO CLASSES SCHEDULED | |
| 9/13 | Chariots of Fire | |
| 9/15 | NO CLASSES SCHEDULED | Review due |
| 9/20 | Looks and Smiles, dir. Ken Loach | |
| 9/22 | Blow Your House Down, Pat Barker | |
| 9/27 | Blow Your House Down | |
| 9/29 | My Beautiful Laundrette, dir. Stephen Frears | |
| 10/4 | My Beautiful Laundrette | |
| 10/6 | Wasp Factory, Iain Banks | |
| 10/11 | NO CLASS—COLLEGE CLOSED | |
| 10/13 | Wasp Factory | |
| 10/18 | Bhaji on the Beach#, dir. Gurinder Chadha | Scene analysis due (rescheduled) |
| 10/20 | Bhaji on the Beach | |
| 10/25 | Trainspotting, Irvine Welsh, selections* | |
| 10/27 | Essay workshop | |
| 11/1 | Trainspotting, dir. Danny Boyle | |
| 11/3 | Trainspotting | |
| 11/8 | Billy Elliot, dir. Stephen Daldry | |
| 11/10 | Billy Elliot | Formal Paper #1 |
| 11/15 | Oral presentations | Oral presentations |
| 11/17 | This is England, dir. Shane Meadows | |
| 11/22 | This is England | |
| 11/24 | Black Swan Green, David Mitchell (class will meet online) | |
| 11/29 | Black Swan Green | |
| 12/1 | Black Swan Green | Oral presentations |
| 12/6 | Cass, dir. Jon S. Baird | |
| 12/8 | “The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher,” Hilary Mantel* | |
| 12/13 | The Iron Lady, dir. Phyllida Lloyd | Formal Paper #2 |
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