English 592 Syllabus

English 592, The American 1950s

Alan Filreis


Key
H = book to buy at House of Our Own Bookstore
W = reading on world wide web
B = reading in bulkpack to buy at Campus Copy Center
V = film you must view on your own

Information on Penn Video Network viewing locations


Wed., September 3 - INTRODUCTIONS

Tue., September 9--Wed., September 10 (optional): Forbidden Planet (1956), showing on the Resnet Movie Channel: 9/9 at 10 AM; 9/10, 2:25 PM; 9/11, 8:20 PM; 9/13, 2:40 AM.

Wed., September 10 - MAY I HAVE YOUR PERMISSION TO WEEP?

Wed., September 17 - NAMING NAMES

Wed., September 24 - THE POLITICS OF FIFTIES SCI FI

Wed., October 1 - THE END OF IDEOLOGY Wed., October 8 - THE ELLISON CONTROVERSY

Wed., October 15 - THE ORGANIZATION MAN

NO CLASS ON OCTOBER 22

Wed., October 29 - FEMINISTS ARE COMMUNISTS

Wed., November 5 - THE TRIUMPH OF THE THERAPEUTIC

ONE HOUR WITH JACKSON MacLOW

TWO HOURS ON "THE TRIUMPH OF THE THERAPEUTIC" Wed., November 12 - SOME REBELS WITHOUT CAUSES

Wed., November 19 - CONSENSUS AND ITS DISCONTENTS

Wed., December 3 - PRELIMINARY SKETCHES FOR RESEARCH PROJECTS

Wed., December 10, 7:30 PM with dinner - CONFORMITY IN THE UNIVERSITIES


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