Date |
Class Activities |
Homework Due |
R 9/5 |
Course + stud. intro.; Timeline + Geography; What is world literature? P. Verlaine, "Innocents We" (1869); Alt. trans.; Watteau; Female Coming of Age; Online Classes & Evaluating Yourself Online | Tuesday's reading assignment is in the cell below. Acquire the textbooks for this class! See additional instructions for this class on Blackboard/Online Classes. |
T 9/10 online |
International Fairy Tales |
Read from Cole: "Cinderella" (3-8), "Blue Beard" (29-32), "Ashenputtel" (68-74), "Snow-White" (53-61), "LRR" (112-14), "Baba Yaga" (411-14), "Indian Cinderella" (694-96), "Magic Orange" (727-30), "Three Magic" (756-60); see Blackboard > Online Classes > 9/10 for spec. instructions for class |
R 9/12 |
Review; Common Fairy
Tale Elements; Student
Questions; Male Coming of Age; Research Ques. Fairy Tales; Close Analyses; iTunesU |
Read from Cole: "Hansel and Gretel" (145-151), "Jack and the Beanstalk" (193-98), "The Lad" (310-13), "The Forest" (387-94), "Aladdin" (467-77), "Raja's Son" (583-91), "Oni" (644-49), "Lucky" (760-63); DISC. #1: Post 1 or more discussion questions about the readings on Blackboard/Discussion Forum/Fairy Tales, and bring a copy to class. These questions might include ones you would pose as an instructor of the class, things you are confused about in the reading, or a mix between the two. The purpose of discussion questions is to open a dialogue between you and me; to make this a student-centered classroom; and to help students become better writers by becoming critical thinkers, or people who question what they read. Discussion questions are not evaluated, are not mandatory, but are taken into consideration for your Participation Grade. Please feel free to respond to other students' queries if you feel inspired to answer; I will take such responses as extra credit for your Participation Grade (and enjoy reading them, of course). |
T 9/17 online | Review; Rushdie bio; Haroun and the Sea of Stories |
Rushdie 1-54 (through middle of ch. 3); see Blackboard > Online Classes > 9/17 for spec. instructions for class |
R 9/19 | Review
+ Free Write; Haroun and the Sea of
Stories; Voice Board; Close Analyses
collected |
Rushdie 54-93 (through ch. 5); Close Analysis (CA) #1 (Fairy Tales): Write a 1-2 pg. (250-400 words) close analysis on a passage from one of the fairy tales we read (see full assignment online). The citation (1-3 sentences) should be at the top of the page. Analyze specific literary elements in that passage and argue for their significance in understanding the rest of the book. Please avoid plot summary, and include a Works Cited. Although each individual analysis is not graded, I expect you to complete at least 3 of the 4 assigned Close Analyses, which will be graded when they are presented in a revised Close Analysis Portfolio. Bring a copy to class (will be collected for instructor's feedback) and post your response to Blackboard as well. I will NOT accept emailed submissions. If you cannot attend class, I suggest you ask a fellow participant to bring your hard copy to class. |
T 9/24 online |
Review;
Women in Haroun |
Rushdie 97-156 (through ch. 9); see Blackboard for spec. instructions for class |
R 9/26 | Party
Game; Review; Stud. Ques.; The end of Haroun; RQ Haroun?
|
Rushdie 159-end; DISC. #2: Write 1 or more orig. discussion ques., and post them to Blackboard/Discussion Board. |
T 10/1 online | Review; Kenzaburo Oe; Introduction, “The Crazy Iris” ; Map of Japan; “Human Ashes” | Oe and Ibuse 9-35; Oda in Oe 63-84; see Blackboard for spec. instructions for class |
R 10/3 | Review; “The
Colorless Paintings”; "The Empty Can"; RQ Crazy Iris? |
Sata in Oe 113-25; Hayashi in Oe 127-43; CA #2 (Crazy Iris): Closely analyze a significant passage from one of the stories in The Crazy Iris, bring a copy to class, and post to Bb. |
T 10/8 online |
Review; Lecture about Hiroshima Mon Amour; RQ Crazy Iris | Read Duras, Hiroshima Mon Amour; see Blackboard for spec. instructions for class |
R 10/10 | Hiroshima Mon Amour (DVD #1847); Discussion
of Hiroshima
Mon Amour; RQ Hiroshima? |
CA #3 (Duras): Closely analyze a significant passage from one of the stories in Hiroshima mon amour, bring a copy to class, and post to Bb. |
T 10/15 online |
Midterm Review + Tips |
See Blackboard for spec. instructions for class |
R 10/17 | Midterm Exam--NO MAKE-UP
DATES! |
Bring pencil and/or pen and
books to class. |
Unit II: Women and the Postcolonial
World |
||
T 10/22 online |
Scarlet Song: Ba
bio + Ques.; Research Synopsis |
Read Bâ, 1-44 |
R 10/24 | Scarlet Song |
Read Bâ, 45-87; DISC. #3: Write 1 or more orig. discussion ques., and post them to Blackboard/Discussion Board. |
T 10/29 online |
Review; Scarlet Song | Read Bâ, 88-123; see Blackboard for spec. instructions for class |
R 10/31 | Colonialism;
Research Synopsis assigned;
Scarlet Song; Scarlet Song RQ? |
Read Bâ, 124-end; Close Analysis #4 (Bâ): Closely analyze a significant passage from one of the stories in Scarlet Song, bring a copy to class, and post to Bb. |
T 11/5 online |
I,
Rigoberta Menchu from Guatemala
in Central America |
Read Menchu, 1-57 |
R 11/7 | Review; Syllabus edit 11/14, 11/21 &
12/10; Student
Ques. on I, Rigoberta Menchu; Close Readings |
Read Menchu, 58-107; DISC #4 (Menchu 1): Write 1 or more orig.
discussion ques., and post them to Blackboard/Discussion
Board. |
T 11/12 online |
Resistance and Gender in Menchu |
Read Menchu, 108-65 (through
ch. 18) |
R 11/14 | I, Rigoberta Menchu |
Read Menchu, 165-219 (ch.
25); |
T 11/19 online |
I, Rigoberta Menchu; Gender |
Read Menchu, 220-77 (through ch. 32) |
R 11/21 |
Disc.
of Close Analyses; Research Synopsis; When the
Mountains Tremble |
Close Analysis Portfolios due--hard copy in
class, and upload any version to Blackboard/Close Analyses |
T 11/26 online |
I, Rigoberta Menchu; Rigoberta Menchu RQ? |
Read Menchu, 277-end, intro (xi-xxiii), and Damrosch (Bb); see Blackboard for spec. instructions for class |
T 12/3 online |
Research Synopsis library tutorial; Final Essay Exam assigned | See Blackboard for spec. instructions for class; part of today's in-class activities will include posting a research question on one of the works we have read. |
R 12/5 | Portfolios returned;
On-campus Library Tutorial (meet in Sprague 203) |
If you have not yet
posted a research question, please do so before class. |
T 12/10 online | Peer Review of Research Synopses | |
R 12/12 |
Presentation
of Research Synopses; Final Exam Review (mostly Unit
II) |
Research Synopsis due as hard copy for instructor, and on Blackboard/Assignments/Final Draft for presentation. Be prepared to give a 2 - 3 min. executive summary of your research ques. and findings. Optional: Participation Packet due (staple/print all discussion questions and online responses) |
T 12/17 |
Research Synopses returned 11am-2:30pm in 352 DI | Final Take-Home Essay due by 3pm online |