Schedule
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.
| January 16 | Introduction | |
| January 18 | Thomas Mann, Death in Venice, chs. 1-2 | |
| January 23 | Mann, ch. 3 | |
| January 25 | Mann, ch. 4 | |
| January 30 | Mann, ch. 5 | |
| February 1 | Mann, conclusion | WEB-X 1 DEADLINE |
| February 6 | D. H. Lawrence, "Maximus" (5) Kikaku, "Above the Boat" (6) Issa, "From the Bough" (6) |
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| February 8 | Follain, "Music of Spheres" (7) de Andrade, "In the Middle of the Road" (8) |
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| February 13 | EXAM ONE | |
| February 15 | Rainer Maria Rilke, "Going Blind" (195) Joseph Brodsky, "Odysseus to Telemachus" (116) |
WEB-X 2 (RESPONSE TO WEB-X 1) DUE |
| February 20 | Kenzaburo Oe, Nip the Buds, Shoot the Kids, chs. 1-2 | |
| February 22 | Oe, chs. 3-5 | |
| February 27 | Oe, chs. 6-8 | |
| March 1 | Oe, chs. 9-10 | WEB-X 3 DEADLINE FOR OE* |
| March 6 | Anna Swir, "The Same Inside," (200) "I Wash the Shirt" (204) Chu Shu Shen, "Morning" (216) |
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| March 8 | Ngugi wa Thiong'o, Matigari, Part One, chs. 1-9 | WEB-X 3 DEADLINE FOR LUMINOUS THINGS* |
| March 12-16 | Spring Break | |
| March 20 | Ngugi, Part One, chs. 10-13 | |
| March 22 | Ngugi, Part Two | |
| March 27 | Ngugi, Part Three | WEB-X 3 DEADLINE FOR NGUGI* |
| March 29 | EXAM TWO | |
| April 3 | Dai Sijie, Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress, Part I | |
| April 5 | Dai, Part II, pp. 45-75 | |
| April 10 | Dai, Part II, pp. 76-105 | |
| April 12 | Dai, Part III, pp. 109-146 | |
| April 17 | Dai, Part III, pp. 147-end | WEB-X 3 DEADLINE FOR DAI* |
| April 19 | Gabriel García Márquez, In Evil Hour, pp. 1-40 | |
| April 24 | Márquez, pp. 41-116 | |
| April 26 | Márquez, pp. 117-133 | WEB-X 3 DEADLINE FOR MÁRQUEZ* |
| May 1 | Márquez, pp.134-end | |
| May 3 | Aleksander Wat, "From Persian Parables" (297) Constantine Cavafy, "Waiting for the Barbarians" (305-6) |
WEB-X 4 (RESPONSE TO WEB-X 3) DUE |
| May 10 | Final Exam, 8-9:55am |
* This deadline only applies to students who have signed up for this author.
25 January 2007