Week Seven (10/21)

In Class

1. Quick review of
2.  Providing context for Butler's writing: Three essays on human behavior: "Octavia Butler's Aha Moment," "An Essay on Racism" and "The Monophobic Response."

 3.  Writing the Research Paper Proposal  
4. Finishing loose ends and making sure you are fulfilling requirements

 Assignments due

No class on 10/28--school follows a Monday schedule.

 Note: the latest draft of proposals, outlines, and papers should be posted at the top of your Google Docs in Google Groups
  • By Saturday, Oct. 22 at 9:00AM: Research Proposal in Google Groups (80 points)
  • By Monday, Oct. 24 at 9:00AM: 2 Peer Reviews in Google Groups (20 points)
  • By Wednesday, Oct. 26 at 9:00AM: Final Draft of Research Proposal in Google Groups
  • By Saturday, Oct. 29 at 9:00AM: 
    • in your Sandbox, a 250-word summary of Octavia Butler's biography (there are several biographies in the databases; you may use the one on Wikipedia) to be used in the introduction. 
    • IF your research proposal has been accepted, an Outline of the paper in Google Groups (30 points). If it has not been accepted, submit a second version of your research proposal in Google Groups.
  • By Monday, October 31 at 9:00AM: 2 Peer Reviews of the Outline in Google Groups (20 points)
  • By Wednesday, Nov. 2 at 9:00AM: Final Draft of Outline in Google Groups.
  • By Friday, Nov. 4: The introduction to your research paper in Google Groups. (30 points)

Week Six (10/14)

In Class

 1. Hours 1-2: Review in preparation for Research Paper Proposal. 
Hour 1 will be on "Bloodchild," "The Evening and the Morning and the Night" and "Speech Sounds." Hour 2 on "Amnesty" and "The Book of Martha." We will go over story summaries, topics, and secondary sources.

         See review HERE

2. Hour 3: Finishing loose ends and making sure you are fulfilling requirements.

Assignments due October 21

In your Wikipedia sandbox, create three new sections. 

In the first section, summarize Curtis, Claire P. “Theorizing Fear: Octavia Butler and the Realist Utopia”. Utopian Studies 19.3 (2008): 411–431. (Yes, you need to look it up in the library)

After the summary, copy three quotations from the reading using bullet points.
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In the second section, summarize Edwards, Elisa. “Octavia Butler’s ‘Amnesty’.” (2003) in Race, Aliens, and the U.S. Government in African American Science Fiction. Münster [u.a.: Lit, 2011.]

After the summary, copy three quotations from the reading using bullet points.

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In the third section, summarize Hampton, Gregory Jerome. “Religious Science Fiction: Butler’s Changing God.” Changing Bodies in the Fiction of Octavia Butler. Blue Ridge Summit, US: Lexington Books, 2010.

After the summary, copy three quotations from the reading using bullet points.
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Week Five (10/7)


In your Wikipedia sandbox, create two new sections. 

In the first section, summarize pages 116-124 of  Sandra Y. Govan's "Disparate Spirits Yet Kindred Souls: Octavia E. Butler, 'Speech Sounds,' and Me." Strange Matings: Science Fiction, Feminism, African American Voices, and Octavia E. Butler. Ed. Rebecca J. Holden and Nisi Shawl. Seattle, WA: Aqueduct, 2013.

After the summary, copy three quotations from the reading using bullet points.
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In the second section, summarize Isiah Lavender III's article "Digging Deep: Ailments of Difference in Octavia Butler’s “The Evening and the Morning and the Night”." Black and Brown Planets: The Politics of Race in Science Fiction. Ed. Isiah Lavender, III. Jackson, MS: UP of Mississippi, 2014. 65-82. <http://site.ebrary.com/lib/lagcc/reader.action?docID=10951965>

After the summary, copy three quotations from the reading using bullet points.

Assignments due October 14
  1. Read  the short stories "The Book of Martha"  and "Amnesty" and their Afterwords (pdfs on Blackboard; the book is also on reserve in the Library.)
  2. Log on to Wikipedia. Go to your Sandbox, click on Edit, and create a heading titled "The Book of Martha." Create a subheading 1 titled "Summary."  In your own words ONLY, write a 150-word summary of what happens in the story. Do NOT quote. Do NOT closely paraphrase summaries from outside sources, as this is against Wikipedia policy, as explained in the handout "Avoiding plagiarism on Wikipedia."  
  3. Below the summary of "The Book of Martha," create another subheading 1 titled "Quotes." Using bullet points, copy three quotes from the story that you think should be included in the Wikipedia entry on it. 
  4. Repeat steps 2 and 3 for "Amnesty." 
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  5. Fill out the form that corresponds to your assigned topic (15 points):
    • "Amnesty" Captivity or Collaboration HERE. nathjav, wikiuser103, Amartinez47, Ms. Jan3, Taurus-Rules, ynfantecarmen, lovelyjay0308,
    • "The Book of Martha" The Writer as God HERE. Mboodoo123, MarcusGotIt, amalia.galvis, DarkNotos, PatrycjaD101
    • Backgrounds for the Stories HERE. dmicua94, A.renee, JulietW78, colo201623,Fshariff101, JustinTaylor21, yadyfirst
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