English 1582
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.
| W | January 20 | Introduction | |
| F | January 22 | Wisława Szymborska, "In Praise of Self Deprecation" (21), "Seen from Above" (41) | |
| M | 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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| W | January 27 | Valery Larbaud, "Images" (77) Adam Zagajewski, "Auto Mirror" (128) Rainer Maria Rilke, "Going Blind" (195) |
WEB FORUM 1 DEADLINE |
| F | January 29 | Luigi Pirandello, Six Characters in Search of an Author, pp. 1-33 | |
| M | February 1 | Pirandello, pp. 33-45 | |
| W | February 3 | Pirandello, pp. 46-end | WEB FORUM 1 RESPONSE DEADLINE |
| F | February 5 | PART ONE EXAMINATION | |
| M | February 8 | Jaan Kaplinski, "We Started Home, My Son and I" (103) Joseph Brodsky, "In the Lake District" (115) |
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| W | February 10 | Chris Abani, Graceland, Book I, Chapters 1-3 | WEB FORUM 2 DEADLINE FOR PIRANDELLO* |
| F | February 12 | Abani, Book I, Chapters 4-6 | |
| M | February 15 | Abani, Book I, Chapters 7-10 | |
| W | February 17 | Abani, Book 1, Chapters 11-13 | |
| F | February 19 | Abani, Book I, Chapters 14-16 | |
| M | February 23 | Abani, Book I, Chapters 17-20 | |
| W | February 25 | Abani, Book II, Chapters 21-24 | WEB FORUM 2 DEADLINE FOR ABANI* |
| F | February 27 | Abani, Book II, Chapters 25-29 | |
| M | March 1 | Leo Tolstoy, "The Death of Ivan Ilyich," Chapters 1-3 | |
| W | March 3 | Tolstoy, Chapters 4-6 | |
| F | March 5 | Tolstoy, Chapters 7-9 | |
| M | March 8 | Tolstoy, Chapters 10-12 | |
| W | March 10 | PART TWO EXAMINATION | |
| F | 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 | |||
| M | March 22 | Arundhati Roy, The God of Small Things, Chapter 1 | |
| W | March 24 | Roy, Chapters 2-3 | |
| F | March 26 | Roy, Chapters 4-5 | |
| M | March 29 | Roy, Chapters 6-8 | |
| W | March 31 | Roy, Chapters 9-10 | |
| F | April 2 | Roy, Chapters 11-13 | |
| M | April 5 | Roy, Chapters 14-17 | |
| W | April 7 | Roy, Chapters 18-19 | |
| F | April 9 | Roy, Chapters 20-21 | WEB FORUM 2 DEADLINE FOR ROY* |
| M | April 12 | Naguib Mahfouz, Karnak Café, Qurunfula, pp. 1-31 | |
| W | April 14 | Mahfouz, Isma'il al-Shaykh, pp. 31-64 | |
| F | April 16 | Mahfouz, Zaynab Diyab, Khalid Safwan, pp. 64-end | WEB FORUM 2 DEADLINE FOR MAHFOUZ* |
| M | April 19 | Mahfouz, concluding thoughts | |
| W | 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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| F | April 23 | Ha Jin, Ocean of Words, "A Report," "Too Late" | |
| M | April 26 | Jin, "Uncle Piao's Birthday Dinners," "Love in the Air" | |
| W | April 28 | Jin, "Dragon Head" | |
| F | April 30 | Jin, "Miss Jee," "A Lecture" | WEB FORUM 2 DEADLINE FOR JIN * |
| M | May 3 | Jin, "The Russian Prisoner," "The Fellow Townsmen" | |
| W | May 5 | Jin, "My Best Soldier," "Ocean of Words" | WEB FORUM 2 RESPONSE DUE |
| F | May 7 | Aleksander Wat, "From Persian Parables" (297) Zbigniew Herbert, "Elegy of Fortinbras" (301) |
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| M | May 10 | Final Exam, 8-9:55am | |
* This deadline only applies to students who have signed up for this author.