This course blog is now an archive of the work the students in this Interdisciplinary Studies class did on The Worlds of Harry Potter in Fall 2019. The students in the course produced both creative and research work. I hope you enjoy exploring the site.
Author: Proffers Perez
Week 8 – October 15 – 17
See Blackboard to sign-up for Halloween Feast! Read: Nixon, Helen, and Barbara Comber. “The Harry Potter Phenomenon: Part 1.” Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, vol. 44, no. 7, 2001, pp. 663–670. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Due: 10/15 – Novel Presentation – Hufflepuff 10/15 – First Blog Post – Ravenclaw 10/17 –…
Week 5 – September 24 – 26
Read: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Due 9/24 9/24 Novel Presentation – Ravenclaw 9/24 Due – Blog Post – Hufflepuff 9/26 – Research Presentation – Bring laptop if you have one. Novel Presentation What this is: a spark for critical discussions of the novel. For critical discussion, you’re trying to help foster space where we look at…
Week 4 – September 17 – 19
Reading: Harry Potter & the Sorcerer’s Stone – write at least 2 – 3 Twitter annotations as you are reading. Due 10/17 Reading: McManus, Kate. “Loading the Canon” from A Wizard of Their Age – write at least 1-2 Twitter annotations as you are reading. Due 10/19 Reading: Bubb, Kyle “The Simulated World of Harry…
Week 3 – September 10-12
House Theory Presentations: Theoretical Presentation: Each house has been assigned a theoretical book related to themes in the reading of the Harry Potter texts. Due 9/10 – Ravenclaw: Granger, John, Harry Potter’s Bookcase Due 9/10 – Hufflepuff: Doughty, Amie A, Children’s & Young Adult Literature & Culture Due 9/12 – Gryffindor: Campbell, Joseph, The Hero…
Week 2: September 2-8
Due 9/3: Signed house contracts. Turn one copy into Dr. Perez on Tuesday at the start of class. Due 9/5: First blog post – Tell Your Harry Potter Story in approximately 250-500 words. Include an image. Post link to Slack and on Twitter with the hashtag #hogwartsdh. Be sure to give your blog post an original title…
Dr. Perez’s Harry Potter Story
I’d heard something about Harry Potter when the first book came out in 1997 or 1998 while I was in my first or second year of graduate school. But it was the summer of 1999 when I started thinking about it a lot. I spent that summer in Edinburgh, and the bookstores were full of…
Week 1: August 27-29
Due this week: Make your first Slack posting – introduce yourself. By the end of 8/25. Set-up class Twitter account (by 8/27). Follow me @anneperez. Email me your user name: aperez@csudh.edu. Make sure to include your real name in the email. The subject line should be something like Annemarie Perez’s Twitter id for the Harry…
Final (for now) Draft of Syllabus
Here is the final draft (for now) of our syllabus. The assignment dates are set. What will be added is post-week 4 critical readings based on what we decide the class is most interested in studying. The Worlds of Harry Potter Syllabus
Welcome to IDS 336-01
Welcome to Fall 2019 IDS 336-01, The Worlds of Harry Potter. This is the first post on our course website. Of course, it all begins with a letter…