English 201-05/06 World Literature Fall 2003
TR 9:30-10:45; 11:00-12:15 Grainger G18; Dr. Lund (Grainger G10; 395-2168;
Office Hours: MW 10:00-10:50; TTR 1:45-2:45; and by appointment.
http://web.lwc.edu/staff/mlund/mlund.html
Texts: All texts except Life of Pi (Harcourt) are Dover Thrift Editions
August 26: Introduction: Orchids (no reading assignment)
28: : Yann Martel, Life of Pi (pp. 1-25); Euripides, The Trojan Women
September 2: "Sinbad the Seaman" from Arabian Nights; comma splice
4: Euripides; Hippolytus; Life of Pi (pp.25-50)
9: "Aladdin" from Arabian Nights
11: "Ali Baba" from Arabian Nights: Life of Pi (pp. 50-76)
16: Ancient Chinese Poetry "Shi Jing"--poems 1-10; 140-150; 310-320
http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/chinese/frame.htm
18: Basho, Narrow Road of the Interior"; Life of Pi (pp. 76-105)
http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~kohl/basho/index.html
23: "Shi Jing"--poems 11-20; 151-160; 300-09
25: Essay Exam (sample question here)
30: Reading Day (no class meeting)
October 2: Goethe, The Sorrows of Young Werther (pp. 1-39); Life of Pi (pp. 105-37)
7: The Life of Olaudah Equianao (pp. 1-61)
9: The Sorrows of Young Werther (pp. 40-88); Life of Pi (137-62)
* * * Fall Break * * *
16: The Life of Olaudah Equianao (pp. 61-119)
21: Dream of the Red Chamber Preface, Chapter One (begin with this sentence: "Listen then, kind reader, to the story as recorded on the stone."
http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/chinese/HLM/CaoDrea.html
23: Life of Pi (pp. 162-92); Haiku (read general introduction to the haiku; read biographies and first 10 haiku by Basho, Buson, and Issa)
http://terebess.hu/english/haiku/basho1.html
28: The Life of Olaudah Equianao (pp. 120-184)
30: Life of Pi (pp. 192-221)
November 4: Baudelaire, "Flowers of Evil" (pp. 1-27)
6: Essay Exam
11: "Flowers of Evil" (pp. 27-54)
13: Tolstoy, "How Much Land Does a Man Need"; Life of Pi (pp. 225-240)
18: "The Life of Kieu" (Vietnamese)
http://www.deanza.edu/faculty/swensson/kieu.html
20: Life of Pi (240-283)
25: Tolstoy, "The Kreutzer Sonata"; Research
* * * Thanksgiving * * *
December 2: Henrik Ibsen, An Enemy of the People (pp. 1-50)
4: An Enemy of the People ; Life of Pi (pp. 283-319)
10: Final Exam: 11:30-2:00 (9:30 class); 3:00-5:30 (11:00 class)
Course Requirements: read--before the dates shown--the material
specifically assigned for discussion (200 points); take
regular short quizzes (average=200 points); write two in-class essay
exams (400 points); write an essay final exam (200
points). Some assignments may not be graded.
Grading: You should save all written work from the course for
one semester. Grading scale: 90%=A; 80%=B; 70%=C;
60%=D; less than 60%=F.
Policies: The make-up work for any absence, excused or
unexcused, is a one-page typed essay on the reading including
direct quotations from the text and correct citation (MLA style) for
the class missed due at the beginning of the next class
attended. A superficial essay will result in a quiz grade of
zero.
See also the College Catalog and the Student Handbook. Unexcused
absences for more than 10% of classes may lower a
final grade one letter. Absence, excused and/or unexcused, from
more than 25% of classes may be an automatic F in the
course. Students are expected to abide by the college Honor Code.
Inclement Weather: If the college closes for inclement weather,
students should continue work as outlined above.