Course Schedule
Subject to Change as Course Proceeds
Thrs Mar. 22 Reading: Franz Kafka, The Metamorphosis
Tues Mar. 27 Reading: from Superman
Second Paper Due
Thrs Mar. 29 Reading: from Superman
Tues Apr. 3 Reading: from Spiderman
Thrs Apr. 5 Reading: from Spiderman
Tues Apr. 10 NO CLASS
Thrs Apr. 12 NO CLASS
Tues Apr. 17 Superheroes in film
Thrs Apr. 19 Reading: David Foster Wallace, “Thomas Federer as Religious Experience”
Annotated Bibliography Due
Tues Apr. 24 Reading: Joseph Epstein, “Obsessed With Sport”
Thrs Apr. 26 Reading: Nigel Barber, “Is Sport a Religion?”
Tues May 1 Reading: Thomas de Zengotita “Attack of the Superzeroes”
Thrs May 3 Reading: Kaleefa Sanneh, “The Reality Principle”
Outline Due
Tues May 8 Reading: Margaret Farley Steele, “The Psychology of Celebrity Worship”
Thrs May 10
Tues May 15
Final Paper Due: May 24th
