ENGL 504-01, Spring 2016 * ST: Animal Studies Course Outline Date Topic Readings and/or screenings Jan 14 Course overview Jan 19 Animal Studies Studies and Film: “Animal An interview with Matthew Brower;” Shapiro and DeMello, State of “The Human-Animal Studies” Jan 21 Looking at Animals Berger, Look at Animals?” Burt, “Why Berger’s A Why Look at Animals, “John Close Reading” Jan 26 (in-class screening) Derrida, Animal That Therefore I Nenette “The Am’ (More to Follow);” Creed, Film theory, animals, and “Nenette: boredom” Jan 28 Discussion (More to follow…) Gruen, Captivity, and an “Dignity, Ethics of Sight.” Feb 2 (novel) Michael Morpurgo, War Horse War Horse; DeMello, Speaking for “Introduction: Animals” Feb 4 War Horse Feb 9 Parker-Starbuck, Ontologies The Making of War Horse “Animal documentary (in-class screening) and Media Representations: Robotics, Puppets, and the Real of War Horse;” Woodward, Vertigo and “Verticality, Vulnerabilities: Giraffes in J.M. Ledgard’s Novel and in the Giraffe Handspring Puppet Company’s Play Tall Horse.” Feb 11 Discussion of (play [Screen] Dir. Steven War Horse War Horse, and film) Spielberg. Feb 16 Discussion of War Horse (film) Burt, and the History of the “Film Visual Animal” Feb 18 The Animal Gaze Woodward, The Animal “Introduction: Gaze; McHugh, Dog “Video Star:William Wegman, Aesthetic Agency, and the Animal in Experimental Video Art,” Woodward, Post-humanist Gaze: Reading “The Fanie Jason’s Photo Essay on Carting Lives” Feb 23 Animal narratives Brian Doyle, McHugh, Martin Marten; Toward a narrative “Conclusion: Ethology;” Banks, Narrativity: “Animal Lived Experiences in the More Than Human World.” Feb 25 and umwelt Horowitz, From the Dog’s Martin Marten Umweldt: Point of Nose;” Peterson, “Introduction:
ENGL 504-01, Spring 2016 * ST: Animal Studies Course Outline Date Topic Readings and/or screenings Jan 14 Course overview Jan 19 Animal Studies “Animal Studies and Film: An interview with Matthew Brower;” Shapiro and DeMello, “The State of Human-Animal Studies” Jan 21 Looking at Animals Berger, “Why Look at Animals?” Burt, “John Berger’s Why Look at Animals, A Close Reading” Jan 26 Nenette (in-class screening) Derrida, “The Animal That Therefore I Am’ (More to Follow);” Creed, “Nenette: Film theory, animals, and boredom” Jan 28 Discussion (More to follow…) Gruen, “Dignity, Captivity, and an Ethics of Sight.” Feb 2 War Horse (novel) Michael Morpurgo, War Horse; DeMello, “Introduction: Speaking for Animals” Feb 4 War Horse Feb 9 The Making of War Horse documentary (in-class screening) Parker-Starbuck, “Animal Ontologies and Media Representations: Robotics, Puppets, and the Real of War Horse;” Woodward, “Verticality, Vertigo and Vulnerabilities: Giraffes in J.M. Ledgard’s Novel Giraffe and in the Handspring Puppet Company’s Play Tall Horse.” Feb 11 Discussion of War Horse (play and film) [Screen] War Horse, Dir. Steven Spielberg. Feb 16 Discussion of War Horse (film) Burt, “Film and the History of the Visual Animal” Feb 18 The Animal Gaze Woodward, “Introduction: The Animal Gaze; McHugh, “Video Dog Star:William Wegman, Aesthetic Agency, and the Animal in Experimental Video Art,” Woodward, “The Post-humanist Gaze: Reading Fanie Jason’s Photo Essay on Carting Lives” Feb 23 Animal narratives Brian Doyle, Martin Marten; McHugh, “Conclusion: Toward a narrative Ethology;” Banks, “Animal Narrativity: Lived Experiences in the More Than Human World.” Feb 25 Martin Marten and umwelt Horowitz, Umweldt: From the Dog’s Point of Nose;” Peterson, “Introduction: