ENGL 6650-7650
Special Topics in Popular Culture
Joss Whedon
Probably Spring 2012 | Room: TBA
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Office: PH 372 | Office Hours: Office Hours: TBA | E-mail: david.lavery@gmail.com | Office Phone/Voice-Mail: 615-898-5648 | Home Page: http://davidlavery.net
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Dr. David Lavery is Professor of English at MTSU (1993- ). The author of over one hundred and twenty published essays, chapters, and reviews, he is author / co-author / editor / co-editor of twenty three books, including an intellectual biography of Joss Whedon (Tauris), The Essential Cult Television Reader and a textbook, Television Art (Blackwell) (both forthcoming) and published books on Lost (2), Twin Peaks, X-Files, The Sopranos (a trilogy), Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Teleparody, Seinfeld, Deadwood, My So-Called Life, Gilmore Girls, Heroes, Battlestar Galactica, Supernatural, and Crying. The organizer of international conferences on the Whedonverses, Lost, and The Sopranos, a founding co-editor of the journals Slayage: The Online International Journal of Buffy Studies, Critical Studies in Television, and Series/Season/Show, co-founder of The Whedon Studies Association, he has lectured around the world on the subject of television (Australia, Turkey, the UK, Portugal, New Zealand, Ireland, Germany) and has been a guest/source for the BBC, NPR, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, The New York Times, A Folha de Sao Paulo (Brazil), Publica (Portugal), AP, The Toronto Star, USA Today. From 2006-2008, he taught at Brunel University in London. |
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Power Points
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WK 1 | January 21 | Topic: Michael Bay vs. Joss Whedon: Weapons to be Determined | Reading Assignments: TBA | Screening: TBA
WK 2 | January 28 | Topic: From the Mind of Joss Whedon | Reading Assignments: TBA | Screening: TBA
WK 3 | February 4 | Topic: Television Son/Fan Boy/Film Studies Major/Television Writer | Reading Assignments: TBA | Screening: Roseanne Episodes
WK 4 | February 11 | Topic: Television Writer; Buffy Goes to the Movies | Reading Assignment: TBA | Screening: Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992)
WK 5 | February 18 | Topic: Script Doctor, Screenwriter | Reading Assignment: TBA | Screening: Clips from Toy Story, Speed, Waterworld, Twister, Alien Resurrection
WK 6 | February 25 | Topic: Buffy Does Television | Reading Assignment: TBA | Screening: Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997-2003)
WK 7 | March 4 | Topic: Angel | Reading Assignment: TBA | Screening: Angel (1999-2004)
March 11-17: Spring Break (No Class)
WK 8 | March 18 | Topic: Firefly and Serenity | Reading Assignment: TBA | Screening: Firefly (2002) and Serenity (2005)
WK 9 | March 25 | TBA | Topic: Comic Book Author: Fray, X-Men, Runaways, Buffy Season 8 | Reading Assignments: TBA
WK 10 | April 1 | Topic: Dr. Horrible's Sing-along Blog | Reading Assignment: TBA | Screening: Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog (2008)
WK 11 | April 8 | Topic: Dollhouse | Reading Assignment: TBA | Screening: Dollhouse (2009-2010)
WK 12 | April 15 | Topic: Wonder Woman, The Cabin in the Woods; Much Ado About Nothing | Reading Assignment: TBA | Screening: The Cabin in the Woods (2012); Much Ado About Nothing (2012)
WK 13 | April 22 | Topic: The Avengers | Reading Assignment: TBA | Screening: The Avengers (2012)
WK 14 | April 29 | The Future of Joss Whedon
WK 15 | May 3-9 | Final Exam Week