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Weekly work:

• Readings due before class Tuesday
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🫖 ACT 1: WHY DOES ALICE “STICK”?

Week 0: Pre-Semester FYSE Meeting

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Recommended short read for this week: “Why I love Alice.” Consider your own answer: what drew you to this class and/or to Alice in Wonderland as a figure? Or if not Alice, is there another book or media figure who has played a similar role for you?

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Required Books & Course Materials

Please obtain copies of the two required books for our seminar (available at the College Bookstore, or online in hard copy or ebook, new or used — whatever you prefer!):

1. Lewis Carroll, The Annotated Alice (ed. Martin Gardner)
2. Gerald Graff & Cathy Birkenstein, They Say / I Say: The Moves That Matter in Academic Writing

A Note on Access: I provide online links/PDFs on Canvas for our first week's readings so everyone has immediate access while books are arriving. All other weekly readings and media throughout the semester are provided free via Canvas and syllabus links. If obtaining either book poses any financial hurdle or delay, please let me know — I can place copies on library course reserve and help connect you with digital access.

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Week 1 — Enter Wonderland — Sept. 14–20

Weekly Discussion Week 1

Readings (due by class Tuesday)

• Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, chapters 1–4 [this is an online version, but please purchase the annotated version from the bookstore — as hard copy or ebook, new or used, whatever you prefer. There are also some wonderful audiobooks, but they of course don’t have the annotations.]
• They Say / I Say, Preface [likewise, I’m providing an online version for this first week, but please purchase this book from the school bookstore]
• Tiffany Babb, https://www.thepopverse.com/death-of-the-author-opinion-on-adaptations-authorial-intent-adaptation

Screening

• No screening this week

Week 2 — Iterations and Adaptations — Sept. 21–27

Weekly Discussion Week 2

Reading