schedule

The schedule is below. And here’s a copy of the schedule in .pdf just in case (accurate as of 9/10/25).

schedule Fa25

(texts with [C] are available via our Commons Group; for other texts, either follow the link or read the book)

for all relevant College deadlines re: enrollment, adding/dropping/declaring a major/tuition refunds, etc., refer to the College Calendar

date readings Work due
8/28 Introduction, requirements, assignments self-introduction on Padlet: follow prompt
Note: no class Monday (Labor Day)
What is the Anthropocene? How Can it be Represented in Fiction?
9/4 Chakrabarty, "The Climate of History" [C]
LeMenager, "Climate Change and the Struggle for Genre" [C]
Intro to Blogging on Commons + group annotating via hypothes.is (in class)
9/8 Ghosh, from The Great Derangement (pp. 1-29 only; the rest is optional) [C]
Bracke, "The Novel" from The Cambridge Comp. to Lit. & the Anthropocene [C]
course tech scavenger hunt (in class)		 Blog post #1 due
9/11 Haraway, "Anthropocene, Capitalocene, Plantationocene, Chthulucene: Making Kin"
Note: the above link automatically loads hypothes.is along with the Haraway reading!		 minimum three annotations via hypothesis due: be sure to sign into hypothes.is and select our group from the drop-down!
contracts due: submit in class today if you haven't already
Entering MaddAddam: Atwood's Oryx and Crake (2002)
9/15 Atwood, Oryx Chs 1-5
9/18 Atwood, Oryx Chs 6-8 Blog post #2 due
Note: no class Mon 9/22
9/25 Atwood, Oryx Chs 9-12
9/29 Atwood, finish Note: no class Th 10/2
10/6 Canavan, Gerry. “Science Fiction and Utopia in the Anthropocene.”
accessible in ETEXTS here		 minimum three annotations via hypothesis due:
use correct group:
10/9 Ciobanu, “Rewriting the Human at the End of the Anthropocene in Margaret Atwood’s MaddAddam Trilogy”
accessible in ETEXTS here:		 minimum three annotations via hypothesis due:
use correct group
10/14 in-class midterm Note: No class Mon 10/13 and Tu 10/14 "is a Monday"
Realism and the "New Normal": Ghosh, THE HUNGRY TIDE
10/16 Ghosh, beginning to "Kusum" chapter (1-77) Note schedule change: Fri is Mon next week
10/23 Ghosh, "Words" to "Pursued" chapter at end of Part (77-145) blog post #3 due
10/24 Ghosh, "Beginning Again" chapter to "The Megha" (145-202) Note: Friday is a Monday today
10/27 Ghosh, "Memory" to "Kratie" (202-260) blog post #4 due
10/30 Ghosh, finish
11/3 Jones, "A Postcolonial Utopia for the Anthropocene"
 minimum three annotations via hypothesis due:
use correct group
11/6 Nayar, "The Postcolonial Uncanny..."
 minimum three annotations via hypothesis due:
use correct group
Deep Time, Media, and the Novel: Offill's Weather (2020)
11/10 Offill, Part 1 (1-67) blog post #5 due
11/13 Library Visit: in E114 (enter via Library) with Jennifer Newman Final project research question due via blog post
answer questions on Padlet
11/17 Offill, Part 2 (71-109) blog post #6 due
11/20 Offill, Parts 3-4 (111-181) Final project simple bibliography due via blog post
11/24 Offill, finish Note: No class Th 11/27
sign up for conferences here
12/1 Fischer, "The Centrality of the Trivial"
minimum three annotations via hypothesis due
No class Thursday: Thanksgiving
12/4 Kruger, "Aging Through Precarious Time" Final project annotated bibliography due
12/8 “Pairs” conferences I read tipsheet and final project template before your conference
here's the schedule in case you’ve forgotten your slot
12/11 “Pairs” conferences II read tipsheet and final project template before your conference
here’s the signup sheet in case you’ve forgotten your slot
12/15 “Lightning Talks” on final projects + wrap-up Final project (including self-evaluation) due tonight, 12/15, at 12 midnight
submit via this template: follow all instructions carefully!