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ENG 470: Fantasy
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Fall 2009

Readings should be completed by the day on which they appear. 

8/17:    Introduction to course

8/24:    Sandner, Fantastic Literature, pp. 1-105
            Johansen, Quests and Kingdoms, pp. 7-68
            Primary Text Reading Contracts due

8/31:    Sandner, Fantastic Literature, pp. 106-134
            LeGuin, “Myth and Archetype in Science Fiction”
            Tolkien, “On Fairy Stories”
            Lewis, “Sometimes Fairy Stories May Say Best What’s to be Said”
            Johansen, Quests and Kingdoms, pp. 69-135
            Progress Reports #1: __Stacy_______________
                                             __Tiffany______________
                                             __Niall________________

9/7:      Labor Day, no class

9/14:    Sandner, Fantastic Literature, pp. 144-179
            Johansen, Quests and Kingdoms, pp. 136-294
            Progress Reports #1: __Beth_________________
                                             __Amber_______________
                                             __Amy_________________

           

9/21:    Todorov, The Fantastic, pp. v-90
            Progress Reports #1: __Danielle______________
                                             __Emily________________
                                             __Julie_________________
             Daybook Check #1

9/28:    Todorov, The Fantastic, pp. 91-175
            Progress Reports #1: __Farran_______________
                                             __Jessica_______________
                                             __Melanie______________

10/5:    Sandner, Fantastic Literature, pp. 180-292
            Johansen, Quests and Kingdoms, pp. 295-330
            Progress Report #1: __Susana________________
            Paper Proposal Due
                                      

10/12:  Sandner, Fantastic Literature, pp. 293-343
            Johansen, Quests and Kingdoms, pp. 330-435  
               

10/19:  Gooderham, “Children’s Fantasy Literature: Toward an Anatomy”
            Mendlesohn, Rhetorics of Fantasy, pp. xiii-113
            Progress Reports #2: __Beth________________
                                             __Stacy_______________
                                             __Amy________________

10/26:  Mendlesohn, Rhetorics of Fantasy,, pp. 114-273
            Progress Reports #2: __Danielle______________
                                             __Julie_________________
                                             __Amber_______________
            Daybook Check #2

11/2:    Armitt, Fantasy Fiction, pp. 1-112
            Progress Reports #2: __Emily_______________
                                             __Jessica______________
                                             __Tiffany______________
            Final Paper Bibliography Due

11/9:    Armitt, Fantasy Fiction, pp. 113-211
            Progress Reports #2: __Farran_______________
                                             __Niall_________________
                                             __Melanie______________

11/16:  Jackson, Fantasy: The Literature of Subversion, pp. 1-156
            Progress Reports #2: __Susana________________
                                      

11/23: NO CLASS

11/30: Jones, The Tough Guide to Fantasyland
          
Final Papers Due