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 21 |
Introduction |
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January 23 |
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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January 28 |
Wisława Szymborska, "In Praise of Self-Deprecation" (21), "Four in the Morning" (22), "View with a Grain of Sand" (67)
Valéry Larbaud, "Images" (77-78) |
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January 30 |
Joseph Brodsky, "In the Lake District" (115), "Odysseus to Telemachus" (116)
"Tomas Tranströmer, "Syros" (126), "Outskirts" (130) and "Tracks" (154) |
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February 4 |
POETRY QUIZ
Chekhov, Uncle Vanya, Act One |
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February 6 |
Chekhov, Act Two |
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February 11 |
Chekhov, Acts Three and Four |
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February 13 |
EXAM ONE |
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February 18 |
Wang Wei, "Song about Xi Shi" (179), "Dancing Woman, Cockfighter Husband, and the Impoverished Sage" (180)
Rainer Maria Rilke, "Going Blind" (195)
Anna Swir, "The Same Inside" (200), "I Wash the Shirt" (204) |
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February 20 |
Chris Abani, GraceLand, Chapters 1-4 |
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February 25 |
Abani, Chapters 5-9 |
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February 27 |
Abani, Chapters 10-13 |
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March 4 |
Abani, Chapters 14-17 |
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March 6 |
Abani, Chapters 18-24 |
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March 11 |
Abani, Chapters 25-29 |
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March 13 |
ABANI QUIZ
Chu Shu Chen, "Morning" (216)
Tadeusz Rozewicz, "A Sketch for a Modern Love Poem" (231-232)
Po Chü-I, "Golden Bells" (245)
Bronisław Maj, "A Leaf" (258)
Anna Swir, "Poetry Reading" (259) |
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March 17-21 Spring Break |
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March 25 |
Marjane Satrapi, Persepolis, Introduction, 1-71 |
Th |
March 27 |
Satrapi, 72-142 |
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April 1 |
Satrapi, 143-206
PEER EDITING DAY FOR CHARACTER ANALYSIS |
Th |
April 3 |
Satrapi, 207-266 |
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April 8 |
Satrapi, 267-341
CHARACTER ANALYSIS DUE |
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April 10 |
SATRAPI QUIZ
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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April 15 |
Naguib Mahfouz, Karnak Café, Qurunfula (3-38) |
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April 17 |
Mahfouz, Isma'il al-Shaykh (39-64) |
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April 22 |
Mahfouz, Zaynab Diyab, Khalid Safwan (65-92) |
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April 24 |
MAHFOUZ QUIZ
Aravind Adiga, White Tiger, The First Night, The Second Night (1-78) |
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April 29 |
Adiga, The Fourth Morning, The Fourth Night (79-145) |
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May 1 |
Adiga, The Fifth Night, The Sixth Morning (147-189) |
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May 6 |
Adiga, The Sixth Night (191-247) |
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May 8 |
Adiga, The Seventh Night, (249-276) |
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May 15 |
EXAM TWO, 8:00-9:55am |
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