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.

W	September 7	Introduction
M	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)
W	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)
M	September 19	Tomas Tranströmer, "Syros" (126), "Outskirts" (130) and "Tracks" (154) Sandor Weores, "The Plain" (129) Tu Fu, "Clear after Rain" (150)
W	September 21	Henrik Ibsen, Hedda Gabler, Act One
M	September 26	Ibsen, Acts Two and Three
		WEB FORUM 1 DEADLINE
W	September 28	Ibsen, Act Four
		WEB FORUM 2 DEADLINE FOR IBSEN.
M	October 3	PART ONE EXAMINATION
W	October 5	Kiran Desai, The Inheritance of Loss, Chapters 1-7
		WEB FORUM 1 RESPONSE DEADLINE
M	October 10	Desai, Chapters 8-14
W	October 12	Desai, Chapters 15-19
M	October 17	Desai, Chapters 20-27
W	October 19	Desai, Chapters 28-32
M	October 24	Desai, Chapters 33-38
W	October 26	Desai, Chapters 39-45
M	October 31	Desai, Chapters 46-53
		WEB FORUM 2 DEADLINE FOR DESAI*
W	November 2	Marjane Satrapi, Persepolis, pp. 1-71
M	November 7	Satrapi, pp. 72-142
W	November 9	Satrapi, pp. 143-206
M	November 14	PEER EDITING DAY FOR CHARACTER ANALYSIS
W	November 16	Satrapi, pp. 207-266
		WEB FORUM 2 DEADLINE FOR SATRAPI*
M	November 21	Satrapi, pp. 267-341 CHARACTER ANALYSIS DUE
W	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)
M	November 28	Ha J1n, In the P0nd, Chapters 1-3
W	November 30	Jin, Chapters 4-6
M	December 5	Jin, Chapters 7-10
W	December 7	Jin, Chapters 11-14
		WEB FORUM 2 DEADLINE FOR HA J1N*
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)
W	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)
		WEB FORUM 2 RESPONSE DUE
Th	December 22	FINAL EXAM, 2-3:55pm
* This deadline only applies to students who have signed up for this author.