Let Week Four Fun Begin

 Angel of the North

This week we enter the mid-point of the semester, and you have some excellent reading and watching once again, with war-related films from Dr. Strangelove to Starship Troopers.

 

Unfortunately, not all the films are available on demand--if you find links to view the films, share them with your colleagues..  On Tuesday evening at 5:00, I will show Testament and perhaps War Game (1954)  in Fine Arts 205.  Do take the time to read the short story "Testament" linked on Blackboard assignment page. .

This week, you have three excellent short stories to read and everyone will watch Dr. Strangelove.

And as usual, you will have two videos here for both the introduction to the week and the quiz.  

And as the assignment indicates, you also have a midterm examination coming up early next week; I will offer more details on the video for this week and next.

See the assignment page for the dates.

Review for Quiz #4

Week Three Begins

As Assignments for Week Three indicate, you will enjoy another week of reading and viewing. And as with last week, you will have some notes about the reading assignment for Screening Space and some further information about the assigned readings.


All of you will watch A Clockwork Orange on Netflix and either Ghost in the Shell or Alphaville. Or all three and more!

You will have an opportunity, too, to talk about other and related films you know--or that you watch this week.

This week, you will also have two videos here, one that introduces the week and another for the quiz.

Enjoy the reading, watching, and the writing.


Remember that you have an essay due in the near future.

I will show a film on campus Tuesday night. Watch your e-mail for details.

Welcome to Week Three Video

Quiz Three Video Review:

Welcome to Week Two

Week Two includes excellent viewing and reading--and you also have a writing assignment to consider. And this week's notes should provide a good foundation for the discussions on the two threads and provide some ideas for the upcoming essay due by 7 April.

You will have two videos this week. The first offers a short introduction to the week and the essay, and the second video will help you prepare for this week's quiz.

Remember to get to the discussion threads early and often. And you must take the quiz in the time allotted between Thursday evening and Sunday at midnight.

The video comes from a couple years ago when I first taught the class.  I will not be in LA and spend this week at a conference in Florida: the International Conference on the Fantastic and the Arts, ICFA. I have served as Treasurer for this conference on Speculative Fiction for many years.

Quiz One Review

Because we enter the first week of the class, you have until midnight Monday to complete this quiz.

If you have read all the material, watched The Day the Earth Stood Still, and reviewed this review video, you will do just fine.

Know that you must finish the quiz when you open the link. In addition, the quiz will offer you one question at a time, and you cannot backtrack.

If you have questions or run into problems with Blackboard, just let me know.

In general, the weekly video covers all the questions on the quiz.