Course Schedule
Week 1
Wed 01/20
- Course Overview
- Formulating Discussion Questions
Fri 01/22
- James Gunn, “Toward a Definition of Science Fiction”
- Discussion Question Workshop
Week 2
Mon 01/25
- Ursula K. LeGuin, “American SF and the Other”
Wed 01/27
- Finish LeGuin
- Kameron Hurley, “We Have Always Fought”
Fri 01/29
- Finish Hurley
Week 3
Mon 02/01
- Leslie Perri, “Space Episode” (FiF)
Wed 02/03
- Finish Perri
- C. L. Moore, “The Black God’s Kiss” (FiF)
Fri 02/05
- Finish Moore
Week 4
Mon 02/08
- Leslie F. Stone, “The Conquest Of Gola” (FiF)
Wed 02/10
- Finish Stone
- Alice Eleanor Jones, “Created He Them” (FiF)
Fri 02/12
- Finish Jones
Week 5
Mon 02/15
- James Tiptree, Jr., “The Last Flight Of Dr. Ain” (FiF)
- Position Paper #1 Due
Wed 02/17
- Finish Tiptree
- Shulamith Firestone, “Dialectics of Cultural History” From The Dialectic of Sex
Fri 02/19
- Finish Firestone
Week 6
Mon 02/22
- Sonya Dorman, “When I Was Miss Dow” (FiF)
Wed 02/24
- Finish Dorman
- Joanna Russ, “The Barbarian” (FiF)
Fri 02/26
- Finish Russ
Week 7
Mon 03/01
- Optional In-Class Writing
Wed 03/03
- Peer Review Exercise
Fri 03/05
- Optional In-Class Writing
- Thematic Paper #1 Due at 11:59PM
Week 8
Mon 03/08
- Ursula K. Le Guin, “Nine Lives” (FiF)
Wed 03/10
- Finish Le Guin
- Kit Reed, “The Mothers of Shark Island” (SoR)
Fri 03/12
- Finish Reed
Week 9
Mon 03/15
- Nnedi Okorafor, “The Palm Tree Bandit” (SoR)
- Position Paper #2 Due
Wed 03/17
- Nalo Hopkinson, “The Glass Bottle Trick” (SoR)
Fri 03/19
No Class
Spring Break
Week 10
Mon 03/22
- Finish Hopkinson
- James Tiptree, Jr., “The Screwfly Solution” (SoR)
- CW: Domestic Violence
Wed 03/24
- Finish Tiptree
- Octavia Butler, “The Evening the Morning and the Night” (SoR)
Fri 03/26
- Finish Butler
Week 11
Mon 03/29
- Anne Richter, “The Sleep of Plants” (SoR)
Wed 03/31
- Finish Richter
- Pat Murphy, “Love and Sex Among the Invertebrates” (SoR)
Fri 04/02
No Class
Reading Day
Week 12
Mon 04/05
- Carol Emshwiller, “Boys” (SoR)
- Position Paper #3 Due
Wed 04/07
- Finish Emshwiller
- Sadie Plant, “On the Matrix: Cyberfeminist Simulations”
Fri 04/09
- Finish Plant
Week 13
Mon 04/12
- Eileen Gunn, “Stable Strategies for Middle Management” (SoR)
Wed 04/14
- Finish Gunn
- Pamela Sargent, “Fears” (SoR)
Fri 04/16
- Finish Sargent
Week 14
Mon 04/19
- Catherynne M. Valente, “Thirteen Ways of Looking at Space/Time” (SoR)
Wed 04/21
- Finish Valente
- Laboria Cuboniks, “Xenofeminist Manifesto”
Fri 04/23
- Finish Laboria Cuboniks
Week 15
Mon 04/26
- Peer Review Exercise
Wed 04/28
- Optional In-Class Writing
- Thematic Paper #2 Due at 11:59PM