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 11 | Introduction |
| F | January 13 | Epiphany: D. H. Lawrence, "Maximus" (5) Kikaku, "Above the Boat" (6) Issa, "From the Bough" (6) Jean Follain, "Music of Spheres" (7) Carlos Drummond de Andrade, "In the Middle of the Road" (8) |
| W | January 18 | Jean Follain, "A Taxidermist" (16), "Face the Animal" (43) Adam Zagajewski, "Moths" (19) Joseph Brodsky, "In the Lake District" (115), "Odysseus to Telemachus" (116) |
| F | January 20 | Alexander Wat, "Facing Bonnard" (70) Po Chü-I, "Starting Early" (86) Wang Wei, "Song of Marching with the Army" (89) Tomas Tranströmer, "Syros" (126) |
| W | January 25 | POETRY QUIZ Henrik Ibsen, Hedda Gabler, Act One |
| F | January 27 | Ibsen, Act Two |
| W | February 1 | Ibsen, Acts Three and Four |
| F | February 3 | EXAM ONE |
| W | February 8 | Anna Swir, "The Same Inside" (200), "I Wash the Shirt" (204) Li Ch'ing-Chao, "Hopelessness" (218) |
| F | February 10 | Chinua Achebe, Things Fall Apart, Chapters 1-5 |
| W | February 15 | Achebe, Chapters 6-9 |
| F | February 17 | Achebe, Chapters 10-13 |
| W | February 22 | Achebe, Chapters 14-19 |
| F | February 24 | Achebe, Chapters 20-25 |
| W | March 1 | ACHEBE/POETRY QUIZ Anna Swir, "The Greatest Love" (219), "She Does Not Remember" (220), "Thank You, My Fate" (222), "The Second Madrigal" (223), "Troubles with the Soul at Morning Calisthenics" (234), "I Starve My Belly for a Sublime Purpose" (235) |
| F | March 3 | Marjane Satrapi, Persepolis, Introduction, 1-71 |
| March 6-10 | Spring Break | |
| W | March 15 | Satrapi, 72-142 |
| F | March 17 | Satrapi, 143-206 PEER EDITING DAY FOR CHARACTER ANALYSIS |
| W | March 22 | Satrapi, 207-266 |
| F | March 24 | Satrapi, 267-341 |
| W | March 29 | CHARACTER ANALYSIS DUE Jelaluddin Rumi, "Little by Little, Wean Yourself" (271) Li Po, "The Birds Have Vanished" (277) Anna Kamieńska, "A Prayer That Will Be Answered" (290) Zbigniew Herbert, "Elegy of Fortinbras" (301) |
| F | March 31 | SATRAPI/POETRY QUIZ Dai Sijie, Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress, Part I |
| W | April 5 | Dai, Part II |
| F | April 7 | Dai, Part III |
| W | April 12 | DAI QUIZ Arundhati Roy, The God of Small Things, Chapters 1-2 |
| F | April 14 | Roy, Chapters 3-4 |
| W | April 19 | Roy, Chapters 5-7 |
| F | April 21 | Roy, Chapters 8-10 |
| W | April 26 | Roy, Chapters 11-13 |
| F | April 28 | Roy, Chapters 14-21 |
| M | May 1 | FINAL EXAM, 10:00-11:55am |
11 January 2017