1. Quick review of
- Curtis, Claire P. “Theorizing Fear: Octavia Butler and the Realist Utopia”. Utopian Studies 19.3 (2008): 411–431.
- 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.]
- 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.
3. Writing the Research Paper Proposal
- Research Proposal Instructions
- Sample Research Paper Proposal
- Review of primary and secondary documents HERE
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
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)
