Week 1: Introductions
ThursdayAugust 22 |
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Week 2: Introduction to the Course and College
Tuesday8/27 |
Short Discussionof the course and the game |
Thursday8/29 |
Syllabus Overview |
Week 3: Becoming an Authority
Tuesday Date 9/3 |
Read:Brian Crecente, “The Story Behind the Story of Red Dead Redemption 2”
Andrew R. Graybill, “Review of Red Dead History,” Wall Street Journal
Olsson, Red Dead History, “Introduction.” Due: Notes from Crecente and Graybill articles Graf Summaries of Olsson, Introduction. |
Thursday9/5 |
In-Class:Discussion: Olsson Chapters 1 and 2 Read: Olsson Chapters 1 and 2 Pay particular attention to the last half of the chapter and how he frames Frederick Jackson Turner’s thesis as the foundation of the West. Also, how reliant is Olsson on that interpretation to make sense of his second chapter. |
Week 4: American History and Red Dead Redemption I
Tuesday9/10 |
Read:FJT, The Significance of the Frontier in American History Olsson, Chapters 3-5 Due: Graf Summaries Olsson Chapters 1-5 Notes: Donald and Reid, Turner. In Class:Lecture/Discussion: The Cattle Business Discussion of readings. Prep for Research Paper |
Thursday9/12 |
Play:Finish Horseshoe Overlook Due: Mission Worksheets: Polite Society, Valentine Style Money Lending and Other Sins Blessed Are the Meek Pouring Forth Oil A Fisher of Men In Class:Design Research Paper |
Week 5:American History and Red Dead Redemption II
Tuesday9/17 |
Red Dead Redemption 2 and It’s Landscapes
Reading:
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Thursday9/19 |
No Class |
Week 6: Violence in gilded age america
Tuesday9/24 |
Discussion: Historical Violence and Video Game ViolenceReading:Richard Maxwell Brown, “Western Violence: Structure, Values, Myth” Sheldon Hackney, Southern Violence Olsson, Chapters 6-11
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Thursday9/26 |
Taking Notes from ReadingsDue: Olsson Graf Summaries Chapters 6-11 Notes Brown, Western Violence Notes Razzi, Re-enacting the American Frontier Notes Hackney, Southern Violence |
Week 7: The South and RDR 2
Tuesday10/1 |
Lecture/Discussion :The Post-Reconstruction South Workshop: Taking Lecture Notes II |
Thursday10/3 |
Discussion:The South of RDR2 Mission Worksheets:“The New South” “American Distillation” “An Honest Mistake” “The Course of True Love I-III” “Advertising, The New American Art” “Magicians for Sport” “The Fine Joys of Tobacco” |
Week 8: The Western as Genre
Tuesday10/15 |
Discussion: The Western |
Thursday10/17 |
The Western as genre |
Weeks 9: College Scholarship and Research
Tuesday10/22 |
Lecture: The History of Video GameSteps and Strategies for Research |
Thursday10/24 |
Workshop:Ludology and Narratology Research |
Week 10: How to Prepare and Present Your Work
Tuesday10/29 |
Lecture/Presentation/Workshop:How to prepare and give a presentation |
Thursday10/31 |
Presentations:Fly Like a Beagle: Ludology L-Train and Company: Narratology The Wild Bunch: Ludology CEM: Narratology |
Week 11: Video Game Studies Research Paper
Tuesday11/5 |
Research Paper Three: Narratology and Ludology Workshop |
Thursday11/7 |
Workshop:Revisions |
Week 12: What If We Had a Final
Tuesday11/12 |
Workshop/Discussion/LectureTypes of Final Exams How they are Prepared How to Study Creating a Final for FYS |
Thursday11/14 |
Mock Final and Discussion |
Week 13: Final Papers Workshop
Tuesday11/19 |
Research Paper WorkshopInterest – Question – Research – Plan – Note Gathering Go over Rubric |
Thursday11/21 |
Research RoundtableEach student will bring present their question and research plan to the class for discussion |
Week 14: Research Week
Tuesday11/26 |
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Thursday11/21 |
Research RoundtableEach student will bring present their question and research plan to the class for discussion |
Week 15: Revision Roundtable
Tuesday12/3 |
Alhassan (Editor – Bish Covele (Editor – Danahar) Eusebio (Editor – Fagin-Mackie) Frayne (Editor – Graf) Lahart (Editor – Quashie) Scoggin (Editor – Silver) Van Brenk (Editor – Roche) |
Thursday12/5 |
Bish (Editor – Alhassan) Danaher (Editor – Covele) Fagin-Mackie (Editor – Eusebio) Graf (Editor – Frayne) Quashie (Editor – Lahart) Silver (Editor – Scoggin)
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