Notes for 28 September 2015
LITCS 114
Teaching Associate: Patrick Mooney
Bldg. 494, room 160B
Fall 2015
- Welcome, intro, etc.
- Hi there! I'm Patrick! Who are all of you?
- Here is the syllabus. Some things to talk about quickly:
- Quick overview of what we'll be reading and watching.
- There is a generalized trigger warning for the texts and films for the class because it deals rather extensively with horrifying material.
- Requirements and final project.
- Other questions?
- Begin: George Romero's Dawn of the Dead.
- OK, what do we already know about the genre? What is postapocalyptic fiction?
- How does this play out, specifically, in zombie films?
- Today's whiteboard shots: