Week One: Studies in Paranoia
January 14th
Introduction to Course, Introduction to Paranoia, Course Contract
Syllabus
January 16th
Hermeneutics of Suspicion
Read: Foucault, “Nietzsche, Freud, Marx” (iCollege)
Introduce Response Essay #1
Due: Course Contract
Week Two: Studies in Paranoia
January 21st
Intro to Conspiracism
Read: Suspicious Minds (p. 9-39)
January 23rd
Intro to Psychoanalysis
Read: Brooks, “Freud’s Masterplot” (iCollege)
Week Three: Studies in Paranoia
January 28th
Conspiracism
Read: Suspicious Minds (p. 39-81)
January 30th
Psychoanalysis
Read: Lacan, excerpts from Seminar III: The Psychoses (iCollege)
Week Four: Studies in Paranoia
February 4th
Conspiracism
Read: Suspicious Minds (p. 81-159)
February 6th
Psychoanalysis
Read: Zizek, “The seven veils of paranoia, or, why does the paranoiac need two fathers?” (iCollege)
Week Five: Pop Culture and Paranoia
February 11th
Conspiracism
Read: Suspicious Minds (p. 159-245)
February 13th
Read: Kofesky Sedgewick, “Paranoid and Reparative Reading” (iCollege)
Week Six: Pop Culture and Paranoia
February 18th
Read: “The Paranoid Style is American Politics,” & “The Devil Next Door,” The United States of Paranoia: A Conspiracy Theory
Due: Response Essay #1 to iCollege by 11:59pm
Introduce Response Essay #2
February 20th
Read: Time Out of Joint, Philip K, Dick (Ch. 1-7)
Week Seven: Pop Culture and Paranoia
February 25th
Read: Time Out of Joint, Philip K, Dick (Ch. 7-14)
February 27th
Blue Velvet (film viewing)
Week Eight: Pop Culture and Paranoia
March 3rd
Blue Velvet (film viewing)
Drop Deadline
March 5th
Blue Velvet (film viewing)
Week Nine: Pop Culture and Paranoia
March 10th
Read: “Puppeteers,” The United States of Paranoia: A Conspiracy Theory
Introduce Response Essay #3
March 12th
Read: The Crying of Lot 49, Thomas Pynchon (Ch. 1-3)
Due: Response Essay #2 to iCollege by 11:59pm
Week #10: Pop Culture and Paranoia
March 24th
NO CLASS
March 26th
NO CLASS
Week #11: Pop Culture and Paranoia (March 30-April 5)
Day #1 (complete by Wednesday)
Read: The Crying of Lot 49, Thomas Pynchon (Ch. 4-6)
Day #2 (complete by Friday)
They Live (film viewing)
Week #12: Pop Culture and Paranoia (April 6-12)
Day #1 (complete by Wednesday)
Read: “Everything is a Clue,” The United States of Paranoia: A Conspiracy Theory
Day #2 (complete by Friday)
Read: A Good Country, Laleh Khadivi (Part 1 & 2)
Due: Response Essay #3 (Due by Friday, April 10th at 11:59pm)
Week #13: Pop Culture and Paranoia (April 13-19)
Day #1 (complete by Wednesday)
Read: A Good Country, Laleh Khadivi (Part 3)
Day #2 (complete by Friday)
Taxi Driver (film viewing)
Week #14: Pop Culture and Paranoia (April 20-April 26)
Day #1 (complete by Wednesday)
Final Class Discussion
Day #2 (complete by Friday)
PERSH 2003 Final Exam Review
Hosted by Dr. Owen Cantrell
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM Thursday, Apr 23 2020 (UTC-04:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
Meeting link:
https://gsumeetings.webex.com/gsumeetings/j.php?MTID=mc5c3b0a30f08df11f4312927f129099fMeeting
Join by phone:
+1-415-655-0002 US Toll
Access code: 476 160 587
Complete Final Exam by Tuesday, April 28th at 11:59pm
January 14th
Introduction to Course, Introduction to Paranoia, Course Contract
Syllabus
January 16th
Hermeneutics of Suspicion
Read: Foucault, “Nietzsche, Freud, Marx” (iCollege)
Introduce Response Essay #1
Due: Course Contract
Week Two: Studies in Paranoia
January 21st
Intro to Conspiracism
Read: Suspicious Minds (p. 9-39)
January 23rd
Intro to Psychoanalysis
Read: Brooks, “Freud’s Masterplot” (iCollege)
Week Three: Studies in Paranoia
January 28th
Conspiracism
Read: Suspicious Minds (p. 39-81)
January 30th
Psychoanalysis
Read: Lacan, excerpts from Seminar III: The Psychoses (iCollege)
Week Four: Studies in Paranoia
February 4th
Conspiracism
Read: Suspicious Minds (p. 81-159)
February 6th
Psychoanalysis
Read: Zizek, “The seven veils of paranoia, or, why does the paranoiac need two fathers?” (iCollege)
Week Five: Pop Culture and Paranoia
February 11th
Conspiracism
Read: Suspicious Minds (p. 159-245)
February 13th
Read: Kofesky Sedgewick, “Paranoid and Reparative Reading” (iCollege)
Week Six: Pop Culture and Paranoia
February 18th
Read: “The Paranoid Style is American Politics,” & “The Devil Next Door,” The United States of Paranoia: A Conspiracy Theory
Due: Response Essay #1 to iCollege by 11:59pm
Introduce Response Essay #2
February 20th
Read: Time Out of Joint, Philip K, Dick (Ch. 1-7)
Week Seven: Pop Culture and Paranoia
February 25th
Read: Time Out of Joint, Philip K, Dick (Ch. 7-14)
February 27th
Blue Velvet (film viewing)
Week Eight: Pop Culture and Paranoia
March 3rd
Blue Velvet (film viewing)
Drop Deadline
March 5th
Blue Velvet (film viewing)
Week Nine: Pop Culture and Paranoia
March 10th
Read: “Puppeteers,” The United States of Paranoia: A Conspiracy Theory
Introduce Response Essay #3
March 12th
Read: The Crying of Lot 49, Thomas Pynchon (Ch. 1-3)
Due: Response Essay #2 to iCollege by 11:59pm
Week #10: Pop Culture and Paranoia
March 24th
NO CLASS
March 26th
NO CLASS
Week #11: Pop Culture and Paranoia (March 30-April 5)
Day #1 (complete by Wednesday)
Read: The Crying of Lot 49, Thomas Pynchon (Ch. 4-6)
Day #2 (complete by Friday)
They Live (film viewing)
Week #12: Pop Culture and Paranoia (April 6-12)
Day #1 (complete by Wednesday)
Read: “Everything is a Clue,” The United States of Paranoia: A Conspiracy Theory
Day #2 (complete by Friday)
Read: A Good Country, Laleh Khadivi (Part 1 & 2)
Due: Response Essay #3 (Due by Friday, April 10th at 11:59pm)
Week #13: Pop Culture and Paranoia (April 13-19)
Day #1 (complete by Wednesday)
Read: A Good Country, Laleh Khadivi (Part 3)
Day #2 (complete by Friday)
Taxi Driver (film viewing)
Week #14: Pop Culture and Paranoia (April 20-April 26)
Day #1 (complete by Wednesday)
Final Class Discussion
Day #2 (complete by Friday)
PERSH 2003 Final Exam Review
Hosted by Dr. Owen Cantrell
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM Thursday, Apr 23 2020 (UTC-04:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
Meeting link:
https://gsumeetings.webex.com/gsumeetings/j.php?MTID=mc5c3b0a30f08df11f4312927f129099fMeeting
Join by phone:
+1-415-655-0002 US Toll
Access code: 476 160 587
Complete Final Exam by Tuesday, April 28th at 11:59pm