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.
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September 7 |
Introduction |
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September 12 |
Epiphany: D. H. Lawrence, "Maximus" (5)
Kikaku, "Above the Boat" (6)
Issa, "From the Bought" (6)
Jean Follain, "Music of Spheres" (7)
Carlos Drummond de Andrade, "In the Middle of the Road" (8) |
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September 14 |
Jean Follain, "A Taxidermist" (16)
Wisława Szymborska, "View with a Grain of Sand" (67)
Valéry Larbaud, "Images" (77-78)
Antonio Machado, "Rainbow at Night" (93)
Jaan Kaplinski, "We Started Home, My Son and I" (103) |
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September 19 |
Tomas Tranströmer, "Syros" (126), "Outskirts" (130) and "Tracks" (154)
Sandor Weores, "The Plain" (129)
Tu Fu, "Clear after Rain" (150) |
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September 21 |
Henrik Ibsen, Hedda Gabler, Act One |
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September 26 |
Ibsen, Acts Two and Three |
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WEB FORUM 1 DEADLINE |
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September 28 |
Ibsen, Act Four |
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WEB FORUM 2 DEADLINE FOR IBSEN. |
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October 3 |
PART ONE EXAMINATION |
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W |
October 5 |
Kiran Desai, The Inheritance of Loss, Chapters 1-7 |
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WEB FORUM 1 RESPONSE DEADLINE |
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October 10 |
Desai, Chapters 8-14 |
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October 12 |
Desai, Chapters 15-19 |
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M |
October 17 |
Desai, Chapters 20-27 |
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October 19 |
Desai, Chapters 28-32 |
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M |
October 24 |
Desai, Chapters 33-38 |
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October 26 |
Desai, Chapters 39-45 |
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M |
October 31 |
Desai, Chapters 46-53 |
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WEB FORUM 2 DEADLINE FOR DESAI* |
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November 2 |
Marjane Satrapi, Persepolis, pp. 1-71 |
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M |
November 7 |
Satrapi, pp. 72-142 |
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November 9 |
Satrapi, pp. 143-206 |
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M |
November 14 |
PEER EDITING DAY FOR CHARACTER ANALYSIS |
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November 16 |
Satrapi, pp. 207-266 |
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WEB FORUM 2 DEADLINE FOR SATRAPI* |
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November 21 |
Satrapi, pp. 267-341
CHARACTER ANALYSIS DUE |
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November 23 |
Joseph Brodsky, "Odysseus to Telemachus" (116)
Anna Swir, "The Greatest Love" (219) and "She Does Not Remember" (220)
Bronisław Maj, "A Leaf" (258) |
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M |
November 28 |
Ha J1n, In the P0nd, Chapters 1-3 |
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November 30 |
Jin, Chapters 4-6 |
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M |
December 5 |
Jin, Chapters 7-10 |
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December 7 |
Jin, Chapters 11-14 |
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WEB FORUM 2 DEADLINE FOR HA J1N* |
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M |
December 12 |
Po Chü-I, "Lodging with the Old Man of the Stream" (284)
Miron Białoszewski, "A Ballad of Going Down to the Store" (285)
Anna Kamieńska, "A Prayer That Will Be Answered" (290) |
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December 14 |
Anna Swir, "I'm Afraid of Fire" (296)
Aleksander Wat, "From Persian Parables" (297)
Zbigniew Herbert, "Elegy of Fortinbras" (301)
Constantine Cavafy, "Waiting for the Barbarians" (305) |
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WEB FORUM 2 RESPONSE DUE |
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December 22 |
FINAL EXAM, 2-3:55pm |
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* This deadline only applies to students who have signed up for this author. |
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