English 106 World Literature from 1600
 Spring 2008

"Reading the World/Reading Ourselves"

 

Calendar

All readings are from the Norton Anthology of World Literature unless otherwise noted.  It is expected that you will have the readings completed on the day they are scheduled.  Any changes to the calendar will be announced ahead of time. 

 

15 January Introductions, Reading Strategies, short stories

17 January Monkey Chapters I, XIV-XV(NAWL 8-24)

 

22 January Monkey Chapters XV–XVII ((NAWL 24-41)

24 January Monkey Chapters XIX-XXI (NAWL 42-71)

 

29 January Çelebi, Book of Travels (NAWL 281-92)

31 January Voltaire, Candide Chapters 1-13 (NAWL 517-40) Group 1 Presentation

 

5 February Voltaire, Candide Chapters 14-22 (NAWL 540-64)

7 February Voltaire, Candide 23-30 (NAWL 564-80)

 

12 February Basho (NAWL 603-29) Group 2 Presentation

14 February Examination 1

 

19 February Poems by Hölderlin, Novalis, Bunina and Lamartine (NAWL 836-44)

Group 3 Presentation

21 February Poems by Heine, Leopardi, and Hugo (NAWL 844-56)

 

26 February Poems by Bécquer and Castro (NAWL 856-62)

28 February Ghalib (NAWL 1064-69) Group 4 Presentation

 

4 March Chekhov “The Lady With the Dog” (NAWL 1519-35)

6 March Tolstoy The Death of Ivan Ilyich Chapters I-IV (NAWL 1418-41)

Group 5 Presentation

 

10-14 March Spring Break

 

18 March Tolstoy The Death of Ivan Ilyich Chapters V-XII (NAWL 1441-60)

20 March Easter Break

 

25 March Examination 2

27 March Georges Méliès, Le Voyage dans la Lune (A Trip to the Moon) (film)

Novels in Three Lines by Felix Feneon (available on the Blackboard site).

 

1 April Beckett, Endgame (NAWL 2455-87) Group 6 Presentation

3 April Beckett, Endgame (NAWL 2455-87)

 

8 April Beckett, Endgame (NAWL 2455-87)

10 April Achebe, Things Fall Apart Chapters 1-6 (NAWL 2855-2882) Group 7 Presentation

 

15 April Achebe, Things Fall Apart Chapters 7-13 (NAWL 2882-2915)

17 April Achebe, Things Fall Apart Chapters 14-25 (NAWL 2912-2948)

 

22 April Miyazaki, Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1982) Group 8 Presentation

24 April Miyazaki, Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1982)

 

29 April Decalogue (video)

1 May Last Day of Classes

            Decalogue (video)

 

Final Exam, Wednesday, 7 May, 1.00-2.50 pm

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