Date |
Class
Activities |
Reading
/ Homework Due |
Unit I: Postwar Europe and Asia |
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1. R
9/7 |
Course/student introduction; 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
9/11 |
Review of Course Goals; Kenzaburo Oe; Introduction, “The Crazy Iris” ; Map of Japan | Oe and Ibuse 9-35 |
3. R
9/14 |
Review of Week 1; “Human Ashes”; In-class writing: Your interpretations | Oda in Oe 63-84; DISC. #1: Bring 3 discussion ques. to class (will be collected), either 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 evaluated on a check (average, show you did the reading), check plus (insightful, original, possibly brilliant, probably shared during class), or check minus (you didn't do the reading or simply copied questions discussed in class) basis. Discussion questions are not mandatory but are taken into consideration for your Participation Grade. See also note in Policies above. |
4. M
9/18 |
Review; “The Colorless Paintings”; "The Empty Can" | Sata in Oe 113-25; Hayashi in Oe 127-43 |
5. R
9/21 |
Hiroshima Mon
Amour |
Duras 1-52 |
6. M
9/25 |
Review; Hiroshima Mon Amour; In-class writing: Why world literature? | Duras; 53-112 DISC. #2: Bring 3 discussion ques. to class |
Unit II: Postcolonial Africa |
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7. R
9/28 |
Review; Scarlet Song | Ba 3-44 |
8. M
10/2 |
Review; Ba bio + Ques.; BUBL Link on Senegal | Ba 45-100; FYI:
MSU Study Abroad Fair W Oct. 4, 10-2 in SC Ballrooms |
9. R
10/5 |
Scarlet Song; In-class writing | Ba 103-29; DISC. #3: Bring 3 discussion ques. to class |
10. M
10/9 |
Review; Scarlet Song: Questions | Ba 130-71 |
11. R
10/12 |
Cloud
Nine; British Empire |
Churchill xx-15 |
12. M
10/16 |
Cloud Nine | Churchill 15-57; DISC. #4: Bring 3 disc. ques to class |
13. R
10/19 |
Review; Cloud Nine; Midterm Review | Churchill
58-87 |
14. M
10/23 |
Midterm--No make-up date!! Be there or be out of luck!!! | Study for midterm; Bring books (open-book exam) |
Unit III: Magical Realism |
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15. R
10/26 |
Gabriel Garcia Marquez Writing Project: sign-up; Close-reading Exercise | Marquez 1-40 |
16. M
10/30 |
One
Hundred Years of
Solitude Library Workshop (Sprague Library, Room 203) |
Marquez 41-86; DISC. #5: Bring 3 discussion ques to class |
17. R
11/2 |
Review; Student Ques.; Student Analysis; Solitude and each Character; Meet in groups | Marquez 87-111; Analyze 3-5 sentence passage closely and write 1 page about it; bring 1 copy to class and post to Blackboard/Discussion |
18. M
11/6 |
WP#1: Marquez
bio; Solitude in each character |
Marquez
112-53; [NEW] complete chart on "Solitude in each Character" and
bring to class -- everyone EXCEPT members of Group #1 |
19. R
11/9 |
WP #3: Magical Realism; Party Game | Marquez
154-95 |
20. M
11/13 |
WP #2: Colombia |
Marquez
197-239; 2-page drafts due
for Groups
#1, 2, & 3 (typed hard copy or post to Blackboard/Discussion) |
21. R
11/16 |
United Fruit Chronology; Guatemala Documentation Project; Obit. for JAB | Marquez 241-87; DISC. #6: Bring 3 discussion ques to class |
22. M
11/20 |
WP #4:
Literary Criticism I |
Marquez
289-337 |
23. M
11/27 |
Review; One Hundred Years of Solitude and First-world Readers; GGM's Nobel Prize Speech | Marquez 339-81 |
24. R
11/30 |
WP #5:
Literary Criticism II |
Marquez
383-427; 2-page drafts due for Groups #4 & 5 |
25. M
12/4 |
Peer review | Marquez
429-58; Bring a draft of
Writing Project to class & post to Blackboard/Discussion |
26. R
12/7 |
World Literature on Film | Writing Projects due |
27. M
12/11 |
García
Márquez, "A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings"; Coming of Age: Like
Water for Chocolate and the Mexican
Revolution (1910-20) |
"A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings" (Blackboard/online--bring copy to class) |
28. R
12/14 |
Free Write; Haruki Murakami: "The Dancing Dwarf;" Review for Final | Murakami, "The Dancing Dwarf" (Blackboard/Online); Optional: Participation Portfolio due (discussion questions, in-class writing assignments, homeworks, etc.); Last day to turn in late formal writing assignments |
Final
Exam Week |
In-class
Final Exam on Monday 12/18 @ 1-3pm, room TBA--absolutely no make-up
dates! |
Projects and Portfolios returned |