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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January 20 |
Introduction |
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January 22 |
Wisława Szymborska, "In Praise of Self Deprecation" (21), "Seen from Above" (41) |
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January 25 |
Anna Swir, "The Sea and the Man" (47)
Li Po, "Ancient Air" (84)
Ch'in Kuan, "Along the Grand Canal" (100) |
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January 27 |
Valery Larbaud, "Images" (77)
Adam Zagajewski, "Auto Mirror" (128)
Rainer Maria Rilke, "Going Blind" (195) |
WEB FORUM 1 DEADLINE |
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January 29 |
Luigi Pirandello, Six Characters in Search of an Author, pp. 1-33 |
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February 1 |
Pirandello, pp. 33-45 |
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February 3 |
Pirandello, pp. 46-end |
WEB FORUM 1 RESPONSE DEADLINE |
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February 5 |
PART ONE EXAMINATION |
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February 8 |
Jaan Kaplinski, "We Started Home, My Son and I" (103)
Joseph Brodsky, "In the Lake District" (115) |
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February 10 |
Chris Abani, Graceland, Book I, Chapters 1-3 |
WEB FORUM 2 DEADLINE FOR PIRANDELLO* |
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February 12 |
Abani, Book I, Chapters 4-6 |
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February 15 |
Abani, Book I, Chapters 7-10 |
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February 17 |
Abani, Book 1, Chapters 11-13 |
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February 19 |
Abani, Book I, Chapters 14-16 |
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February 23 |
Abani, Book I, Chapters 17-20 |
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February 25 |
Abani, Book II, Chapters 21-24 |
WEB FORUM 2 DEADLINE FOR ABANI* |
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February 27 |
Abani, Book II, Chapters 25-29 |
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March 1 |
Leo Tolstoy, "The Death of Ivan Ilyich," Chapters 1-3 |
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March 3 |
Tolstoy, Chapters 4-6 |
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March 5 |
Tolstoy, Chapters 7-9 |
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March 8 |
Tolstoy, Chapters 10-12 |
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March 10 |
PART TWO EXAMINATION |
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March 12 |
Po Chü-I, "Madly Singing in the Mountains" (120)
Linda Gregg, "Night Music" (127)
Constantine Cavafy, "Supplication" (184)
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March 15-19 Spring Break |
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March 22 |
Arundhati Roy, The God of Small Things, Chapter 1 |
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March 24 |
Roy, Chapters 2-3 |
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March 26 |
Roy, Chapters 4-5 |
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March 29 |
Roy, Chapters 6-8 |
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March 31 |
Roy, Chapters 9-10 |
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April 2 |
Roy, Chapters 11-13 |
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April 5 |
Roy, Chapters 14-17 |
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April 7 |
Roy, Chapters 18-19 |
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April 9 |
Roy, Chapters 20-21 |
WEB FORUM 2 DEADLINE FOR ROY* |
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April 12 |
Naguib Mahfouz, Karnak Café, Qurunfula, pp. 1-31 |
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April 14 |
Mahfouz, Isma'il al-Shaykh, pp. 31-64 |
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April 16 |
Mahfouz, Zaynab Diyab, Khalid Safwan, pp. 64-end |
WEB FORUM 2 DEADLINE FOR MAHFOUZ* |
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April 19 |
Mahfouz, concluding thoughts |
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April 21 |
Raymond Carver, "Wine" (248-9)
Wang Wei, "Song about Xi Shi" (179), "Dancing Woman, Cockfighter Husband, and the Impoverished Sage" (180) |
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April 23 |
Ha Jin, Ocean of Words, "A Report," "Too Late" |
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April 26 |
Jin, "Uncle Piao's Birthday Dinners," "Love in the Air" |
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April 28 |
Jin, "Dragon Head" |
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April 30 |
Jin, "Miss Jee," "A Lecture" |
WEB FORUM 2 DEADLINE FOR JIN * |
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May 3 |
Jin, "The Russian Prisoner," "The Fellow Townsmen" |
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May 5 |
Jin, "My Best Soldier," "Ocean of Words" |
WEB FORUM 2 RESPONSE DUE |
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May 7 |
Aleksander Wat, "From Persian Parables" (297)
Zbigniew Herbert, "Elegy of Fortinbras" (301) |
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May 10 |
Final Exam, 8-9:55am |
* This deadline only applies to students who have signed up for this author.
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