Schedule of Reading and Assignments- Keep checking this page, as I’ll be adding to it over the first few weeks of the course
Week 1
Tuesday, January 29
- Introduction, review of syllabus
- Writing Diagnostic
Thursday, January 31
- Reading to Discuss: Ch. 1 of The Imaginative Argument by Frank Cioffi
Week 2
Tuesday, February 5
- Reading to Discuss: “Stream of Consciousness” by William James
- Writing Due: Response Paper 1 (1-2 pages, typed, to be handed in)
Thursday, February 7
- Reading to Discuss: “Stream of Consciousness” by William James
Week 3
Tuesday, February 12 No Class
Thursday, February 14
- Reading to Discuss: Ch. 1 of Out of Our Heads by Alva Noe
- Writing Due: Free Choice/Reading Log Blog Post
Week 4
Tuesday, February 19
- Reading to Discuss: From The Poetics of Space by Gaston Bachelard
Thursday, February 21
- Reading to Discuss: From The Poetics of Space by Gaston Bachelard
Week 5
Tuesday, February 26
- Reading to Discuss: From The Colossus of New York by Colson Whitehead
- Writing Due: First Paper (3-4 pgs)
Thursday, February 28
- Reading to Discuss: From The Colossus of New York by Colson Whitehead
Week 6
Tuesday, March 5:
- Reading to Discuss: “The Metropolis and Mental Life” by Georg Simmel
Thursday, March 7:
- Reading to Discuss: “The Metropolis and Mental Life” by Georg Simmel
- Writing Due: Free Choice/ Reading Log Blog Post
Week 7
Tuesday, March 12
- Reading to Discuss: From The White Album by Joan Didion
Thursday, March 14
- Reading to Discuss: From The White Album by Joan Didion
- Writing Due: Abstract for Paper #2
Week 8
Tuesday, March19
- Draft Workshop
Thursday, March 21
- Draft Workshop
- Writing Due: Outline for Paper #2
Week 9
Tuesday, March 26 Spring Break
Thursday, March 28 Spring Break
Week 10
Tuesday, April 2 Spring Break
Thursday, April 4
- Reading to Discuss: From The Poetry, Tales and Selected Essays of Edgar Allan Poe
- Writing Due: Paper #2 (4 Pages)
Week 11
Tuesday, April
- Reading to Discuss: From The Poetry, Tales and Selected Essays of Edgar Allan Poe
Thursday, April 11
- Reading to Discuss: From The Poetry, Tales and Selected Essays of Edgar Allan Poe
- Writing Due: Response Paper #2 (1-2 pages typed, to be turned in)
Week 12
Tuesday, April 16
- NO ClASS
Thursday, April 18
- Reading to Discuss: From The Poetry, Tales and Selected Essays of Edgar Allan Poe
- Writing Due: Abstract for Paper #3
Week 13
Tuesday, April 23
- Reading to Discuss: Harper’s Article
Thursday, April 25
- Reading to Discuss: Harper’s Article
- Writing Due: Free Choice/ Reading Log Post
Week 14
Tuesday, April 30
- Reading to Discuss: On Gentrification
Thursday, May 2
- Reading to Discuss: On Gentrification
- Writing Due: Annotated Bibliography for Paper #3
Week 15
Tuesday, May 7
- Reading to Discuss: On the Atlantic Yards: Opposing Opinions
Thursday, May 9
- Reading to Discuss: From Marshall Berman’s All that is Solid Melts into Air
- Draft Workshop
- Writing Due: Response Paper #3 (1-2 Pages typed, to be turned in)
Week 16
Tuesday, May 14
- Draft Workshop
Thursday, May 16
- Draft wWorkshop
- Writing Due: Final Blog Post