Reading Schedule
Lit. 116: World Literature
46 classes total
17 weeks of class
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Note: the date posted is the date the reading is due |
8/20 M First class
8/22 F “The Sacrificial Egg” Achebe
8/25 M “A Letter from Home” “A Drink in the Passage”
8/27 W “The Testimony of Kihaahu wa Gatheeca” “Chloe of the Dancing Bears” “An Experience of India”
8/29 F “A Horse and Two Goats,” from The Famished Road, Prelude: An Inheritance, from A way in the World
9/1 M Labor Day no class
9/3 W “Swimming Lessons” “Silver Pavements, Golden Roofs” “The Ministry’s Visiting Day” from In the Ditch , “Joebell and America” “The Angel Azraeel” ”The Sun in Winter” “Pigeons at Daybreak”
9/5 F Said handout
9/8 M
9/10 W
9/12 F Last day to drop without it appearing on your record
Slideshow of India
9/15 M
9/17 W Finish The God of Small Things—Roy
9/19 F
9/22 M Rough draft essay 1
9/24 W
9/26 F TBA R
9/29 M TBA R, Final draft essay 1
9/31 W TBA R
10/1 W Into and forward of Tales of Tibet “Vagrant Spirit” “Encounter” TOT
10/3 F “Tibet:A Soul Knotted on a Leather Thong” “For Whom the Bell Tolls” TOT
10/6 M “The Circular Day” “A Blind Woman Selling Apples” “Stick Out the Fur on Your Tongue or It’s All a Void” TOT
10/8 W “The Marriage of Maria Clara and Uncle Sam: Colonialism and the Education of Filipinos” R
10/10 F “Negros” “Bride” “The Balikbayan” “Assimilation” R
10/13 M TBA R
10/15 W
10/17 F
10/27 M Finish The Lover
10/29 W
10/31 F Halloween, Midterm
11/3 M Once Were Warriros film
11/5 W Once Were Warriors film
11/7 F
11/10 M finish Once Were Warriors
11/11 T Veteran’s Day Holiday—no school
11/12 W “Ruby’s Answer” “In the Cycle of the Whirl” R
11/14 F
11/17 M
11/18 T Last day to withdraw
11/19 W
11/21 F Rough draft essay 2
11/24 M Smoke Signals film
11/26 W Smoke Signals film
11/28 No class Thanksgiving holiday
12/1 M Final draft essay 2 “Post-Colonial Contemplations” “Coca-Cola and Coco Frio” “Discovering America” R
12/3 W “The Latin Deli: An Ars Poetica” “Telling” R
12/5 F
12/8 M
12/10 W
12/12 F Last day of class
Friday December 19 Final Exam: 8:10 – 10:40 a.m.
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Abbreviation key: CPCF = Colonial and Post Colonial Fiction TOT = Tales of Tibet R = Reader
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