Date
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Class Activities
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Homework Due
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Unit I: Memories after 1945
|
W 9/3
|
Course +
Stud. Intro.; Timeline +
Geography; What is
world literature?
Paul Celan, "Death Fugue"
; "Die Todesfuge"
; Musical Fugues
|
Monday's
reading assignment is
in the cell below |
2. M 9/8
|
Review
of Celan and Course Goals; Map of
Japan |
Reading changed owing to
difficulties at Bookstore |
W 9/10
|
Hiroshima
Mon Amour (DVD #1847) |
Reading changed owing to
difficulties at Bookstore
|
4. M 9/15
|
Kenzaburo
Oe; Introduction, “The Crazy
Iris;” "Human Ashes" |
Read Introduction
by Oe;
Ibuse 9-35; Oda
in Oe
63-84 (pdf on Bb); DISC.
#1: Bring 3
discussion ques. to
class; these will be collected (see above)
|
W 9/17
|
Review
+ "H. A."; "The Empty Can" |
Read Hayashi
in Oe 127-43; Write JOURNAL
#1: bring a hard copy for the instructor and post to
Blackboard/Discussion Board (see above) |
6. M 9/22
|
Maus
|
Spiegelman
1-69 |
W 9/24
|
Maus |
Read Spielgelman
73-99 DISC. #2:
Bring 3
original discussion ques. to
class (will be
collected) |
8. M 9/29
|
Review;
Maus |
Read Spiegelman
100-end |
W 10/1
|
Group
Ques.; Holocaust
on Film (Shoah v. 3, dir. C.
Lanzmann [1986], vid. # 774 & Night
and Fog [1955], dir. A.
Renais, vid. #2342) |
JOURNAL #2: bring a hard copy for the
instructor and post to Blackboard/Discussion Board |
10. M 10/6
|
Scarlet
Song: Questions
|
Read Ba 1-60
|
W 10/8
|
Review;
Ba bio +
Ques.; BUBL Link
on Senegal |
Read Ba 60-107
|
12. M 10/13
|
Scarlet
Song |
Read Ba 108-71
|
W 10/15
|
Midterm
Review |
JOURNAL #3: bring a hard copy for the
instructor and post to Blackboard/Discussion Board |
14. M 10/20
|
Midterm
Exam (Unit I)--No
make-up date! |
Bring
all books to class and a page of notes |
Unit II: World Literature? |
W 10/22
|
Magical Realism on Film
|
Start reading ahead
|
16. M 10/27
|
Magical
Realism in Literature
|
Read G. G. Marquez, "Very Old
Man with Enormous Wings" and H. Murakami, "The Dancing Dwarf"
(Bb/Readings); please bring copies to class
|
W 10/29
|
Goethe;
Damrosch
|
Read Damrosch, 1-36; DISC. #4: Bring
3 original discussion ques. to
class (will be
collected) |
18. M 11/3
|
Review;
Damrosch |
Read Damrosch, 110-44; JOURNAL
#4: Since Damrosch doesn't offer an opportunity for "close
analysis, write on any aspect of the subject of world literature. You
might also answer your own or another student's discussion question
from the previous class, argue against Damrosch's claims, or try to
support his argument with your knowledge of world literature. Or you may write a close analysis of a
passage from Garcia Marquez or Murakami.
|
W 11/5
|
Review;
Damrosch |
Read Damrosch, 281-303
|
20. M 11/10
|
Meet
in reading groups |
Read
Hong Kingston (1-16), Garcia
Marquez (1-58), or Menchu (0-37); DISC. #5: Bring 3 original discussion ques. to
class (will be
collected) |
W 11/12
|
Meet
in reading groups |
Read
Hong Kingston (19-75), Garcia Marquez (59-140), or Menchu (38-86); JOURNAL #5 on Kingston, Garcia Marquez, or
Menchu; Bring a copy to class and post
your response to
Blackboard/Discussion as well. |
22. M 11/17
|
NEW: Meet in Sprague Library 203
(Library Tutorial)
|
Possibly meet with a research
librarian in Sprague Library; check back online: this date may be
changed, and you may have reading homework instead
|
W 11/19
|
Meet
in reading groups |
Read Kingston (75-96), Garcia
Marquez (141-201), or Menchu (87-116) |
24. M 11/24
|
Reading
Groups; Peer
review: revisions of Journals |
Research
agenda due on Blackboard/Discussion; Read Kingston (96-139),
Garcia
Marquez (203-92), or Menchu (117-71); bring journals you are thinking
about revising to
class |
W 11/26
|
Meet
in reading groups |
Journal
Portfolio (Revised Journal(s), 5 originals, + Critical Introduction) due;
Read
Kingston (139-60), Garcia
Marquez (293-354), or Menchu (172-200)
|
26. M 12/1
|
Meet
in reading groups; endings; GGM
Nobel Prize speech |
DISC.
#6: Bring
3 original discussion ques. to
class (will be
collected); Read Kingston (163-205/end),
Garcia
Marquez (355-417/end), or Menchu (201-247/end) |
W 12/3
|
Peer
review: Research Synopsis rough draft; Review
for Final (Ques. 2) |
Research
Synopsis rough draft due: bring two copies to class, and post an
electronic copy to Blackboard/Discussion |
28. M 12/8
|
Review for Final; Informal
presentations of Research Synopses; Review for
Final (Ques. 1) |
Research
synopsis (hard copy) due, and post to Blackboard/Disc. Board;
Presentation
of research due: come prepared with a 2-3 minute summary of your
Research Synopsis;
optional: Participation Packet (staple or clip new/late and/or old
discussion questions together); Bring
Damrosch to class for review |
Finals week
|
In-class Final Exam M 12/15 3:15-5:15 |
Study
for final exam; Bring books (open-book exam) |