Schedule
The following schedule is subject to change according to the demands of the class. I will announce changes to it in class when the need presents itself. Page numbers in parentheses locate poems in A Book of Luminous Things.
Note (11 October 2007): Please be aware of changes to the syllabus moving the date of Exam Two up to November 2nd.
September 5 |
Introduction |
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Part One: European Experiments |
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September 7 |
Italo Calvino, If on a Winter's Night a Traveler, pp. 1-33 |
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September 10 |
Calvino, pp. 34-76 |
September 12 |
Calvino, pp. 77-114 |
September 14 |
Calvino, pp. 115-160 |
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September 17 |
Calvino, pp. 161-209 |
September 19 |
Calvino, pp. 210-end |
WEB-X 1 DEADLINE |
September 21 |
D. H. Lawrence, "Maximus" (5)
Kikaku, "Above the Boat" (6)
Issa, "From the Bough" (6) |
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September 24 |
Follain, "Music of Spheres" (7)
de Andrade, "In the Middle of the Road" (8) |
September 26 |
EXAM ONE |
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Part Two: Asia's Two Powers |
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September 28 |
Wang Wei, "Song about Xi Shi" (179), "Dancing Woman, Cockfighter Husband, and the Impoverished Sage" (180)
Su Tung P'o, "On a Painting by Wang the Clerk" (56) |
RESPONSE TO WEB-X 1 DUE |
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October 1 |
Ha J1n, In the P0nd, chs. 1-3 |
October 3 |
Jin, chs. 4-7 |
October 5 |
Jin, chs. 8-10 |
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October 8 |
Jin, chs. 11-13 |
WEB-X 2 DEADLINE FOR JIN* |
October 10 |
Jin, chs. 14-15 |
October 12 |
Arundhati Roy, The God of Small Things, ch. 1 |
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October 15 |
Roy, ch. 2 |
October 17 |
Roy, chs. 3-4 |
October 19 |
Roy, chs. 5-7 |
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October 22 |
Roy, chs. 8-10 |
October 24 |
Roy, chs. 11-12 |
October 26 |
Roy, 13-14 |
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October 29 |
Roy, 15-18 |
October 31 |
Roy, 19-end |
November 2 |
EXAM TWO |
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November 5 |
Tu Fu, "To Pi Ssu Yao" (181)
Po Chü-I, "Golden Bells" (245)
Chu Shu Shen, "Morning" (216) |
WEB-X 2 DEADLINE FOR ROY* |
November 7 |
Tomas Tranströmer, "Outskirts" (13)
Bronislaw Maj, "Seen Fleetingly from a Train" (97) |
WEB-X 2 DEADLINE FOR LUMINOUS THINGS |
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Part Three: Growing up in Madness |
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November 9 |
Marjane Satrapi, Persepolis, Introduction-p. 39 |
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November 12 |
Satrapi, pp. 40-79 |
November 14 |
Satrapi, pp. 80-117 |
November 16 |
Satrapi, pp. 118-end |
WEB-X 2 DEADLINE FOR SATRAPI* |
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November 19 |
Chris Abani, Graceland, chs. 1-3 |
November 21 |
Abani, chs. 4-6 |
November 23 |
Thanksgiving Holiday |
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November 26 |
Abani, chs. 7-10 |
November 28 |
Abani, chs. 11-13 |
November 30 |
Abani, chs. 14-16 |
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December 3 |
Abani, chs. 17-20 |
December 5 |
Abani, chs. 21-24 |
December 7 |
Abani, chs. 25-27 |
WEB-X 2 DEADLINE FOR ABANI* |
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December 10 |
Abani, chs. 28-end |
December 12 |
Anna Swir, "The Same Inside," (200) "I Wash the Shirt" (204)
Zbigniew Herbert, "Elegy of Fortinbras" (301) |
December 14 |
Aleksander Wat, "From Persian Parables" (297)
Constantine Cavafy, "Waiting for the Barbarians" (305-6) |
RESPONSE TO WEB-X 2 DUE |
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December 18 |
EXAM THREE (Final Exam), 2-3:55pm |
* This deadline only applies to students who have signed up for this author.
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