Updated schedule for English 404: Satire

1. Eng 404: The Savage Art of Satire
Student-Created Class Schedule – 2nd Half of Semester
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Monday,
3/18
Lysistrata, Aristophanes (John Regalia)
Read Lysistrata, Act I: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/7700/7700-h/7700-h.htm
Wednesday,
3/20
The Penelopiad, Margaret Atwood (Robin Lamarche, Crystal Carney)
Read The Penelopiad, chapters i, ii, v, xxvi, xxvii, xxviii (in online Readings)
Friday, 3/22 Monty Python and the Holy Grail (Elyssa Long)
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11
Monday,
3/25
"Peter Bell the Third," Percy Bysshe Shelley (Sarah Williams)
Read Peter Bell the Third” Part III: Hell and Part VII: Double Damnation (stanzas 7
– 24): http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/4697
Wednesday,
3/27
The Screwtape Letters, C. S. Lewis (Sharleen Beck, Cody Stark)
Read The Screwtape Letters, chapters 1 – 5 (in Online Readings)
Friday, 3/29 Principia Discordia, Gregory Hill and Kerry Thornley (Chris Bishop)
Read Principia Discordia, Intro by Robert Anton Wilson; Intro by Kerry Thornley
(Omar Ravenhurst); pp. 28-49 & pp. 59-72 (in Online Readings)
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12
Monday,
4/1
"The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas," Ursula LeGuin (Addie Clow, Jill
Felgenhauer)
Read “The Ones Who Walk Away…” (in Online Readings)
Wednesday,
4/3
The Good Place (Ryan Moite, Mia Giglio)
View How The Good Place Redefines the Sitcom:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URXF9CF3M-
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Friday, 4/5 The Mouse That Roared (Riley Ballard)
Read “The Mouse that Roared Wins War Against US” (in Online Readings)
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13
Monday,
4/8
Cat's Cradle, Kurt Vonnegut (Elli Goldman Hilbert, Johanna Tollefson)
Wed., 4/10 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams (Kelly Owens)
Read Hitchhiker’s Guide Preface and Chapters 4 – 6 (in Online Readings)
Friday, 4/12 "Body Ritual Among the Nacirema," Horace Miner (J. Lyon)

2. Eng 404: The Savage Art of Satire
Read “Body Ritual Among the Nacirema” (link in Online Readings)
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Monday,
4/15
Idiocracy (Irina Henderson, Marshall Palmer)
Wednesday,
4/17
Talledega Nights or Step Brothers (Ricky St. Martin, Leah Nafe)
Friday, 4/19 The Eric Andre Show (Callen Trapp)
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15
Monday,
4/22
South Park (Jacob Schumaker)
Wednesday,
4/24
Rick and Morty (Tranquil Kamae)
Friday, 4/26 No Class
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16
Monday,
4/29
Share Final Projects
Wednesday,
5/1
Share Final Projects
Friday, 5/3 Share Final Projects