SYLLABUS

Course Objectives:

To deeply probe and thoroughly explore every aspect of the Harry Potter series through reading and completion of hands on projects. Required readings are each of the Harry Potter books. Supplementary readings will be assigned as time permits. Projects will include, but are not limited to the relation of HP characters to various aspects of everyday life (ie: cheese, baked goods, Elvis, etc.) and the expression of ideas through the use of visual mediums such as a montage, sewing, paper crafts, etc. At the end of the course, the student should have achieved a profound state of frenzied titillation in anticipation of the yet to be released Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.

Required Texts and Materials:

See required reading list on main page.

Walkie Talkie, Bowling Shirt, Army Boots, cooking & craft supplies

Attendance Expectations:

To gain maximum benefit from this course, students are expected to attend all meetings and complete all reading, craft & baking assignments prior to meeting times. Due to the fast pace, any absence can negatively affect your progress and success in this course.

Schedule:

This course, much like a good brassiere, will support and uplift each participant through the Summer of Butter. Regular classes will end on July 21st, 2007 with the release of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, but additional meetings will be available for those desiring continued education or mutual weepiness at the end of the series. Although a firm release date has been set for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, any schedule posted is subject to change. It is your responsibility to stay abreast of any updates.

Friday, December 15, 2006

SUPPLEMENTARY READINGS

Pre-requisite Readings
• Astin, Sean. There and Back Again.
• Campbell, Joseph. The Hero With a Thousand Faces.
• Foster, Thomas. How to Read Literature Like a Professor.
• Klein, Daniel. Kill Me Tender: A Murder Mystery Featuring the Singing Sleuth, Elvis Presley.
• Pinkwater, Daniel. The Snarkout Boys and the Baconburg Horror.
• Presley, Priscilla. Elvis and Me.

Additional Harry Potter Readings
• Baggett, David & Shawn E. Klein. Harry Potter and Philosophy: If Aristotle Ran Hogwarts.
• Beahm, George. Fact, Fiction, and Folklore in Harry Potter’s World.
• Beahm, George. Muggles and Magic.
• Boyle, Fionna. A Muggle’s Guide to the Wizarding World: Exploring the Harry Potter Universe.
• Colbert, David. The Hidden Myths in Harry Potter: Spellbinding Map and Book of Secrets.
• Colbert, David. The Magical Worlds of Harry Potter.
• Fraser, Lindsey. Conversations with J. K. Rowling.
• Kronzck, Allan Zola & Elizabeth Kronzck. The Sorcerer’s Companion.
• Lawrence, Daniel. The Ultimate Unofficial Harry Potter Trivia Book.
• Nel, Philip. JK Rowling’s Harry Potter Novels.
• Rowling, J.K. (as Newt Scamander). Fantastic Beasts & Where To Find Them.
• Rowling, J.K. (as Kenilworthy Whisp). Quidditch Through The Ages.


Additional titles to be read only after finishing Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
• Waters, Galadriel & Prof. Astre Mithrandir. Wizarding World Press’ Ultimate Unofficial Guide to the Mysteries of Harry Potter (Analysis of Books 1-4).
• Waters, Galadriel & Prof. Astre Mithrandir. Wizarding World Press’ Ultimate Unofficial Guide to the Mysteries of Harry Potter (Analysis of Book 5).
• Waters, Galadriel, Prof. Astre Mithrandir & E. L. Fossa. Wizarding World Press’ New Clues to Harry Potter: Book 5, Hints from the Ultimate Unofficial Guide to the Mysteries of Harry Potter.
• Waters, Galadriel. The Plot Thickens... Harry Potter Investigated by Fans for Fans.
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Wednesday, December 13, 2006

Summer 2007

Why "Summer of Butter," you ask?

The release of the final Harry Potter book, the Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix movie, the third Pirates of the Carribbean, and a possible Duran Duran tour. Shucks, all we need now is a trip to Graceland, some "elvish medicine," and hot Irish men to invade Ohio bearing cornbread, and I'd die happy.
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