Honors Composition (110) Fall 2011

Remembering the Holocaust: Representing Genocide in Memoir, Fiction, and Film

Class Schedule

Schedule is subject to change. Unless otherwise specified, all readings for the week should be completed by the Monday of that week, for use in class discussion throughout the week. Dave Eggers' Zeitoun must be read by November 2. You must arrange to view Hotel Rwanda on your own prior to November 14.

Week 1 (9/7)

• Introduction: Course Overview
• Writing Diagnostic
• Assignment for Next Week:
  • LB Brief, review chapters 1, 2, 6, 9, 39-41, 53-56
    note: these chapters will serve us throughout the semester
  • Totten and Parsons, "Introduction" 1-14 (Century of Genocide)
  • MyCompLab: Grammar Diagnostic due Friday, September 16.

Week 2 (9/12)

• Radford Teaching Lab--Introduction to the Class Web Site; D2L (Monday)
• Writing Review: The Writing Process; Punctuation; Notetaking; Documentation
• Introduction to the Study of Genocide
• Assignment for Next Week:
  • Adalian, "The Armenian Genocide" 54-92 (Century of Genocide)
  • LB Brief, review chapters 3, 6, 53
  • Totten and Parsons SQ due Wednesday, Sept. 21.

Week 3 (9/19)

• Radford Teaching Lab--Introduction to Research, the Library Web Pages (Monday)
• Armenia: History and Documentary
• Assignment for Next Week:
  • Oshagan, "The Impact of the Genocide on West Armenian Letters" (e-reserve)
  • Esayan, "In the Ruins" (D2L)
  • Assignment #1 due Friday, September 30. (Draft Wed.)

Week 4 (9/26)

• Armenia: Denial, Memory, and Literature
• Assignment #1 Workshop
• Assignment for Next Week:
  • Niewyk, "The Holocaust and the Jews" 128-161 (Century of Genocide)
  • LB Brief, chapter 9 ("Academic Writing", pages 94-98)
  • Armenia Informal Assignment due Wednesday, October 5.
  • MyCompLab: Research Diagnostic due Friday, October 7.

Week 5 (10/3)

• Radford Teaching Lab--Research for Assignment #2, MT Essay (Monday)
• The Holocaust: Background and History
• Assignment for Next Week:
  • Niewyk SQ due Monday, October 10.
  • Maus, Volume I (all)
  • Assignment #2 due Friday, October 14.

Week 6 (10/10)

• Library Research & Consultation Day (Monday)
• The Holocaust: Art and Memoir (Maus)
• Assignment for Next Week:
  • Maus, Volume II (all)

Week 7 (10/17)

• The Holocaust: Art and Memoir (Maus)
• Mid-Term Essay Writing Workshop
• Assignment for Next Week:
  • Snyder, "The Holocaust: The Ignored Reality" (D2L)
  • Mid-Term Essay Draft, Wednesday, October 26.

Week 8 (10/24)

• The Holocaust: Review (History, Memory, Reality?)
• Peer Edit Mid-Term Essays
• Assignment for Next Week:
  • Revised Mid-Term Essay, Monday, October 31.
  • Dave Eggers, Zeitoun

Week 9 (10/31)

• Radford Teaching Lab--Introduce Assignment #3, Group Project, Final Project (Monday)
• Odyssey 2011: Eggers, Zeitoun
• Assignment for Next Week:
  • Lemarchand, "The Rwanda Genocide" 482-504 (Century of Genocide)
  • Zeitoun Informal Assignment due Wednesday, November 9.

Week 10 (11/7)

• Rwanda: Background
• Rwanda: History and Documentary--The Ghosts of Rwanda
• Assignment for Next Week:
  • View Hotel Rwanda
  • Uwem Akpan, "My Parents' Bedroom" (e-reserve)
  • Lemarchand SQ due Monday, November 14.
  • Assignment #3 due Friday, November 18.

Week 11 (11/14)

• Library Work: Group Projects, Final Projects (Monday)
• Rwanda: History and Feature Films--Hotel Rwanda
• Rwanda: Literature--Akpan
• Assignment for Next Week:
  • Review Rwanda Sources: Documentary, Feature Film, Short Fiction

Week 12 (11/21)

• Review Group Project, Final Project Guidelines & Criteria
• Assignment #4: In-Class Essay on Rwanda
• Assignment for Next Week:
  • Conley-Zilkic and Totten, "Easier Said Than Done: The Challenges of Preventing and Responding to Genocide," 609-636 (Century of Genocide)
  • Prospectus & Initial Draft due Friday, December 2.

Week 13 (11/28)

• Rwanda: Review
• Genocide Prevention
• Library Work: Group Projects, Final Projects (Wednesday)
• Final Project Workshop (Friday)
• Assignment for Next Week:
  • Research for Final Projects and Group Projects
  • Group Project due Monday, December 5.

Week 14 (12/5)

• Group Presentations
• Final Project Review
• Assignment for Next Week:
  • Final Project Draft due Monday, December 12.
  • Revised Final Project, Friday, December 16.
  • Group Project Peer Assessments due Friday, December 16.

Week 15 (12/12)

• Peer Edit Final Projects (Monday)
• Assignment #5: In-Class Essay (Wednesday)
• Group Presentation Quiz; Submit Group Project Peer Assessments and Final Projects (Friday)
• Never Again? Genocide in the 21th Century: Course Review and Assessment