International Authors in the Classroom

Here is the reading list/schedule for a course I am teaching this semester called "Exploring Literature."

 From Emanations: Foray into Forever, we will read stories by Jeffrey Falla and Chris Matthews. Also from International Authors, we will read Vitasta Raina's novella Writer's Block.

The course is divided into themes (in capital letters). Weekly topics/meetings are represented either with a list of readings or quotation marks. References to "Poetry Section" are poems from the corresponding thematic section in Literature: The Human Experience, Abcarion, Klotz, and Cohen. Perhaps we will look at poetry from Emanations: Foray into Forever as well. 

RESPONDING TO LITERATURE
Fiction
Poetry
Drama
Non-Fiction

INNOCENCE AND EXPERIENCE
“Young Goodman Brown,” Hawthorne
Young Goodman Brown film
Poetry Section
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WRITING ABOUT LITERATURE
Writing about Literature
LOVE AND HATE
“Leigia,” Poe (handout)
The Bride Price, Emecheta
Poetry Section
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LIFE AND DEATH
“Begging on the Threshold of Eternity,” Matthews (handout)
“Circle of Quanij,” Falla (handout)
Poetry Section
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Midterm

CULTURE AND IDENTITY
“The Yellow Wallpaper,” Gilman
“Virginia Act of Religious Freedom,” Jefferson (handout)
from The U.S. Constitution (handout)
“The Manning of Ships” from White-Jacket, Melville (handout)
from Animal Farm, Orwell (handout)
“Politics and the English Language,” Orwell (handout)
“Master Harold” …and the boys, Fugard
Poetry Section
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CONFORMITY AND REBELLION
“The Lottery”, Jackson
The Lottery, film
THX1138, film
“A Modest Proposal,” Swift
Declaration of Independence, Jefferson (handout)
“The Town-Ho’s Story” from Moby-Dick, Melville (handout)
Writer's Block, Raina
Poetry Section
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Final