Friday, March 18, 2011

Schedule through May (nb: change in Paper #3 due date!

Mar. 22, 24, 29 The Omen (1976), Chinatown (1974) screen and discuss
3/31 No class
March 31-April 2 Arizona Quarterly Symposium (no class, but attendance at a paper of your choice will be required) 
4/5 Paper #2 Reading Day
4/7  Prefinal.  This is an exam which will cover all material to date.  The format and extent of the exam will be discussed in class.  The Final Exam will consist of questions already covered on this exam and new questions on material covered after 4/7.
4/12, 4/14  The Big Sleep, Raymond Chandler (1939). You can purchase a hard copy from any number of brick and mortar sources, or you can get it here:   http://ae-lib.org.ua/texts-c/chandler__the_big_sleep__en.htm
4/19, 4/21, 4/26, 4/28  Screen Chinatown (Polanski, 1974) The Omen (1976). Discussion of this and past texts; somewhere in here we will also have a review discussion of the Prefinal)
May 3 Paper #3
May 5 Last Day of Classes
May 10 Final 8:00 a.m. - 10:00 p.m., Chavez 304
*Paper #4 will be optional: following the same rules as the previous three papers.   Any paper handed in as Paper #4 will not lower your grade.  You can turn it in when we meet for the final exam.

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