date

film

reading

work

1/20

1/22

introduction

A Peplum Century (in class)

3/3

3/5

3/10

3/12

3/17

3/19

3/24

3/26

3/31

4/2

4/7

4/9

4/14

4/16

4/21

4/23

4/28

4/30

5/5

5/12

1/27

1/29

2/3

2/5

2/10

2/12

2/17

2/19

2/24

2/26

skin

Cabiria

Cabiria

Hercules

Hercules

Mole Men against the Son of Hercules

Mole Men against the Son of Hercules

Hercules and the Captive Women

Hercules and the Captive Women

Hercules: “If I Had A Hammer” Part 1 & Part 2

BeastMaster: “Birds”

muscles

The Giant of Metropolis

The Giant of Metropolis

Hercules in the Haunted World

Hercules in the Haunted World

Triumph of Maciste

Hercules the Invincible

spring break

spring break

The Barbarians

The Barbarians

viscera

Conan the Barbarian (1982)

Conan the Barbarian (1982)

300

300

Conquest

—no class—

Spartacus: Blood and Sand

Spartacus: Blood and Sand

Conclusions

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Barker 23-68

(Gunning)

Günsberg

(Esposito)

Dyer

(Esposito)

Shahabudin

(Esposito)

Mulvey

(Edelman)

Barker 69-119

—

Hark

(Locks)

Wyke

(Rushing)

—

—

Tasker

(Williams)

Barker 120-162

—

Fradley, Chemers

(La Capra)

Neale

(Freud)

Simmons

(Lowe)

—

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(presentation)

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(presentation)

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(presentation)

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topic and biblio

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—

—

(presentation)

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(presentation)

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final paper

The reading materials and assignments in (parentheses) are for graduate students.

Graduate students need to sign up for one of the presentation slots:

   presentation 1: Esposito, Immunitas: 2/19 (Federica)

   presentation 2: Edelman, "The Birds," 2/26 (Peter)

   presentation 3: Locks, "Bodybuilder as Body-Garde": 3/12

   presentation 4: Williams, "Body Genres": 4/2 (Huihui)

   presentation 5: La Capra, "Trauma, Absence, Loss": 4/16

Immunitas is available from Amazon and other online booksellers.