READING AND ASSIGNMENT SCHEDULE

ENGL 251 Lecture 05: Literature and Society: Literature and/as Resistance
Spring 2023

Date Readings Assignment Due

May 4th Hall, Stuart. “Culture, Resistance, and Struggle.” Hegemony Group Exercise &
Cultural Studies 1983. Duke University Press, 2016. Goal Setting (In Class).
May 9th Brown, Chester. Louis Riel: A Comic-Strip Biography. Defining the Comics Form (In
Drawn & Quarterly, 2006. Part One & Part Two. Class). Goal Setting Due.
May 11th Brown, Chester. Louis Riel: A Comic-Strip Biography. Visual Analysis Assignment (In
Drawn & Quarterly, 2006. Part Three & Part Class).
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May 16th King, Thomas. The Truth About Stories. House of Close Reading Practice (In
Anansi Press, 2003. I, II, III. Class).

May 18th King, Thomas. The Truth About Stories. House of Close Reading Due
Anansi Press, 2003. IV, V.
May 23rd Evans, Kate. Red Rosa: A Graphic Biography of Rosa Autobiographical Influences
Luxemburg. Verso, 2015. Page 1-123. Assignment. (In Class).

May 25th Evans, Kate. Red Rosa: A Graphic Biography of Rosa Challenging Hegemony
Luxemburg. Verso, 2015. Page 123-180. Assignment (In Class).

May 30th Vonnegut, Kurt. Player Piano. The Dial Press, 1999. Annotated Bibliography Due

June 1st Vonnegut, Kurt. Player Piano. The Dial Press, 1999. Challenging Hegemony
Assignment (In Class).
June 6th Orwell, George. 1984. Harper Perennial, 2014. Resistance and Restriction
Assignment (In Class).
June 8th Orwell, George. 1984. Harper Perennial, 2014. Asynchronous Podcast Lecture
1984 Assignment (In Class).
June 13th Pinocchio. Directed by Guillermo Del Toro. Netflix, Self-Assessment Due
2022. Pinocchio Assignment (In
Class)
June 15th Final Exam Discussion. Final Essay Due