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Literature 331-450: World Literature II (e-learning)
Europe; Asia; Africa and the Middle East
Summer 2013
Instructor
Doris Zames Fleischer, Ph.D.
E-mail addresses: sirod1@optonline.net; doris.fleischer@njit.edu
Office Phone: 973/596-5607
Course Description
This course offers students an opportunity to enhance their understanding of contemporary
global interactions by exploring a diverse array of culturally expressive artifacts---novels, short
stories, poems, and a play--grouped geographically by region. Course readings represent the
following regions: Europe, Asia, as well as Africa and the Middle East. A second course, World
Literature I, Literature 330, covers the literature of North America, Latin America and the
Caribbean, as well as Australia and Oceania.
Required texts
Anthology
Shirley Geok-Lin Lim and Norman A. Spencer. One World of Literature. Boston: Houghton
Mifflin, 1993. [ISBN: 0-395-58880-4]
Novels:
Graham Greene. The End of the Affair. 1951. New York: Penguin, 1999. [ISBN: 0 14 02.9109 1]
Chinua Achebe. Things Fall Apart. 1959. New York: Anchor, 1994. [ISBN: 0-385-47454-7]
Handbook: Barnet & Cain. A Short Guide to Writing about Literature. 11th ed. New York:
Pearson/Longman, 2008. [ISBN: 9780205602957]
FILMS (TO RENT)
The End of the Affair (1999)
Raise the Red Lantern (1991)
LECTURES ARE AVAILABLE ON STREAMING VIDEO, and ITunes
PLEASE NOTE THAT THE LINK TO THE WEB SITE CONTAINING THE
STREAMING VIDEOS IS AS
FOLLOWS:
<http://cpe.njit.edu/dlvideos/LIT%20331/index.html>
PLEASE ALSO NOTE THE LECTURES CAN BE ACCESSED AT iTunes :
<http://itunes.njit.edu> If you do not have iTunes installed, please link to a tutorial on
downloading and installing it at <http://itunes.njit.edu/tutorials/install/setup.htm>
NOTICES:
1. IF STUDENTS ALERT THE INSTRUCTOR AT THE BEGINNING OF THE
SEMESTER REGARDING THEIR SPECIFIC SCHEDULING NEEDS, SOME
FLEXIBILITY MAY BE AVAILABLE.
2. ALL STUDENTS MUST HAVE AN ACCOUNT FOR MOODLE IN ORDER
TO BE PROPERLY REGISTERED FOR THIS COURSE. STUDENTS ARE
RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL MESSAGES SENT TO THEM THROUGH THE
MOODLE ASSIGNMENT AND FORUM SITES, AS WELL AS THROUGH
MOODLE EMAIL. PLEASE CHECK THEM REGULARLY.
3. STUDENTS SHOULD SECURE ALL OF THE REQUIRED TEXTS
AND STREAMING VIDEOS, OR ITUNES BEFORE THE START OF THE
SUMMER SEMESTER. THE BOOKSTORE WILL NOT HAVE BOOKS
AVAILABLE AFTER THE OPENING OF THE SEMESTER.
4. IF STUDENTS HAVE QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS, THEY SHOULD
NOT HESITATE TO GET IN TOUCH WITH ME BY EMAIL OR
TELEPHONE (OFFICE: 973-596-5607). I WILL FORWARD MY HOME
TELEPHONE NUMBER VIA MOODLE EMAIL.
5. REQUIRED RESPONSES TO LECTURES SHOULD BE POSTED ON
THE MOODLE FORUM SITE. STUDENTS MUST ALSO RESPOND TO
POSTED COMMENTS FROM AT LEAST ONE OTHER STUDENT.
6. THREE REQUIRED ESSAYS, AS WELL AS THE FINAL
REQUIREMENT, SHOULD BE SUBMITTED TO THE MOODLE
ASSIGNMENT SITE.
ASSIGNMENTS
1. There are three typesof assignments in the course:
A) Responses to Lectures 1-20 and the accompanying readings, worth 2 points each (total:
40 pts.) Approximately 150 words for each response. In your responses, indicate the focus
of the Lectures and the themes of the readings and viewings. (Please be responsive to
postings by at least one other student as well.) Submit responses to the Moodle Forum site.
B) Three Essays, worth 14 points each (total: 42 pts.), 750-1000 words for each essay, with
documentation and Works Cited list, both following MLA specifications. The link for MLA
specifications is as follows: <http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resources/675/01/>. Stress
analysis rather than merely telling the plot. In addition, briefly integrate reference to at
least one related, reliable, and retrievable source other than the assigned readings.
Whenever possible use peer-reviewed sources, such as Publication of the Modern Language
Association (PMLA) and College English, or acceptable on-line sources, such as The New
York Times and Google Scholar. (A peer-reviewed source has been subject to a “blind”
review by other experts in the field to determine if the manuscript is worthy of publication,
so peer-reviewed publications are believed to be the most reliable sources of information.)
Choose only web sites that are reliable and retrievable, not Wikipedia or encyclopedias.
Submit essays to the Moodle Assignment site. Some examples of NJIT Library Data Bases
are the following: Academic Search Premier, Omni File, and Lexis-Nexis. For help with
research, contact the NJIT Librarian: <davida.scharf @njit.edu>.
C) A Final Requirement worth 18 points. See last page of this syllabus. Submit Final
Requirement to Moodle Assignment site.
STUDENTS MUST COMPLETE ALL ABOVE REQUIREMENTS (A, B, AND C) TO
RECEIVE A PASSING GRADE IN THIS COURSE.
2. The final grade will be based on your cumulative effort in the course, that is, your
Forum Postings, your three Essays, and the Final Requirement., Students will have the
opportunity, if they wish, to re-write corrected Essays for my reconsideration of those
grades. Improvement throughout the semester will be taken into consideration in
determining final grades.
WRITTEN ASSIGNMENTS
1) DATES ASSIGNMENTS DUE:
DUE JUNE 1 (Saturday) ASSIGNMENTS 1-5 (Postings to Moodle Forum site)
DUE JUNE 7 (Friday): ASSIGNMENTS 6-7 (Postings to Moodle Forum site)
DUE JUNE 7 (Friday.) ASSIGNMENT 8 (Essay #1 to Moodle Assignment
site)
DUE JUNE 13 (Thursday): ASSIGNMENTS 9-13 (Postings to Moodle Forum site)
DUE JUNE 19 (Wednesday): ASSIGNMENT 14 (Posting to Moodle Forum site)
DUE JUNE 19 (Wednesday): ASSIGNMENT 15 (Essay #2 to Moodle Assignment
site)
DUE JUNE 25 (Tuesday): ASSIGNMENT 16-19 (Postings to Moodle Forum site)
DUE JULY 1 (Monday): ASSIGNMENT 20 (Posting to Moodle Forum site)
DUE JULY 1 (Monday) ASSIGNMENT 21 (Essay #3 to Moodle Assignment site)
DUE JULY 8 (Monday): ASSIGNMENT 22 (Posting to Moodle Forum site)
DUE JULY 8 (Monday) ASSIGNMENT 23 (Final Requirement to Moodle Assignment
site)
PLEASE NOTE THAT REWRITES MUST BE SUBMITTED BY SATURDAY, JULY 13.
2) ALL ASSIGNMENTS MUST INCLUDE THE ASSIGNMENT NUMBER(S) AND,
WHEN APPROPRIATE, THE LECTURE NUMBER (S). STUDENTS WILL BE
PROVIDED WITH STUDY QUESTIONS TO STIMULATE THINKING FOR BOTH
MOODLE FORUM POSTINGS AND ESSAYS.
3) STUDENTS MUST SUBMIT ALL THE FORUM POSTINGS DUE ON A SPECIFIC
DATE IN A SINGLE TRANSMISSION. DO NOT SEND PORTIONS OF THE
POSTINGS SEPARATELY.(RESPONSES TO OTHER STUDENTS, HOWEVER, MAY
BE POSTED SEPARATELY.) EACH OF THE THREE ASSIGNED ESSAYS, AS WELL
AS THE FINAL REQUIREMENT, MUST BE SENT TO THE ASSIGNMENT SITE.
4) PLEASE NOTE THAT POSTINGS AND ESSAYS ARE DUE BY 11:50 PM ON THE
DATES LISTED ABOVE. ALTHOUGH LATE SUBMISSIONS MAY BE ACCEPTED IF
THE EXPLANATION FOR THE LATENESS WARRANTS SPECIAL
CONSIDERATION, I CANNOT GUARANTEE PROMPT RETURN OF SUCH LATE
SUBMISSIONS WITH MY COMMENTS AND CORRECTIONS.
SATURDAY, JUNE 1--ASSIGNMENTS 1-5
Part 1: Literature in a Global Context
Topic: An Introduction to World Literature
View: Lecture 1: An Introduction to World Literature.
Read: Barnet, Chapter 1, "What is Literature?"; Barnet, Chapter 7, "What is
Interpretation?"; Barnet, Chapter 8, "What is Evaluation?"; Barnet, Chapter 14, "Style
and Format"; Barnet, Chapter 15, "Writing a Research Paper"; Barnet, pp. 332-337,
“Electronic Sources.” Lim and Spencer, "Documentation," pp.1117-1123; Lim and
Spencer, "The Question of Translation," pp. 1111-1115.
Begin Graham Greene, The End of the Affair.
Assignment 1 Response to Lecture 1 and related reading (2 pts)
Part 2: The Literature of Europe
View: Lecture 2: Writing About World Literature.
View: Lecture 3: The Literature of Europe.
Read: Barnet, Chapter 2, "The Writer as Reader: Reading and Responding"; Barnet,
Chapter 3, "The Reader as Writer: Drafting and Writing"; Barnet, Chapter 4, "Two
Forms of Criticism: Explication and Analysis"; Barnet, Chapter 9, "Writing about
Literature: An Overview"; Barnet, Chapter 10, "Writing About Fiction.” Lim and
Spencer, "A Note on Fiction,” pp.1099-1102; D. H. Lawrence, "The Horse Dealer's
Daughter,” pp.562-565; Virginia Woolf, "The Mark on the Wall," pp. 576-582; James
Joyce, "Araby," pp. 604-608. Continue reading Graham Greene, The End of the Affair.
Franz Kafka, "A Hunger Artist," pp. 489-496; Albert Camus, "The Guest," pp. 530-540.
Assignment 2 (a): Response to Lecture 2 and related readings (2 pts)
Assignment 2 (b): Response to Lecture 3 and related readings (2 pts)
View: Lecture 4: European Poetry.
Read: Barnet, Chapter 12, "Writing About Poetry."
Lim and Spencer, "A Note on Poetry,” pp.1103-1106; W. H. Auden, "The Unknown
Citizen" and "Musee de Beaux Arts," pp. 582-584; William Butler Yeats, "Easter, 1916,"
pp. 601-602; Seamus Heaney, "Digging," p. 620. Complete Graham Greene, The End of the
Affair.
View the film, The End of the Affair. Read Barnet, “Writing about Film," pp. 182-184,
213.
Assignment 3: Response to Lecture 4 and related viewing and readings (2 pts)
View Lecture 5: Russian Fiction.
Read: Isaac Babel, "My First Goose," pp. 654-657; Tatyana Tolstaya, "Fire and Dust," pp.
662-672.
Assignment 4: Response to Lecture 5 and related readings (2 pts)
View Lecture 6: Eastern European Fiction--A Fictitious Family.
Read: Milan Kundera, "Edward and God," pp. 500-522.
Assignment 5: Response to CD Lecture 6 and related readings (2 pts)
____________________________________________________________
FRIDAY JUNE 7: ASSIGNMENTS 6-8
View Lecture 7: Friedrich Durrenmatt.
Read: Barnet, Chapter 11, "Writing about Drama." Lim and Spencer, "A Note on
Drama," pp.1107-1109 ; Friedrich Durrenmatt, The Visit, pp.691-749.
Assignment 6: Response to Lecture 7 and related readings (2 pts)
View Lecture 8: Italo Calvino.
Read: Italo Calvino, "The Adventure of a Reader," pp. 635-644.
Assignment 7: Response to Lecture 8 and related readings (2 pts)
Assignment 8—Essay #1: The Literature of Europe (14 points)
Write a well-organized documented Essay of 750-1,000 words with a clear thesis, as well as
a beginning, middle, and end, responding to the following question:
QUESTION: How do the works assigned in “Part Two: The Literature of Europe”
reveal the problematic nature of human relationships? You must refer to Greene’s novel
The End ofthe Affair, Kundera’s “Edward and God,” and Durrenmatt’s play The Visit, as
well as to no fewer than two additional assigned works relevant to this topic. Also briefly
integrate one additional related, reliable, and retrievable source, other than the assigned
readings, to your analysis. Be sure to document fully (paraphrases as well as direct quotes)
and include a Works Cited list, both following MLA specifications. Use reliable sources
such as the New York Times, Google Scholar, and the Publication of the Modern Language
Association (PMLA), not Wikipedia.
THURSDAY JUNE 13—ASSIGNMENTS 9-13
Part 3: The Literature of Asia
View Lecture 9: An Introduction to Asia.
See the film, "Raise the Red Lantern."
Assignment 9: Response to Lecture 9 and related viewing (2 pts)
View Lecture 9: An Introduction to Asia.
See the film, "Raise the Red Lantern."
Assignment 9: Response to Lecture 9 and related viewing (2 pts)
View Lecture 10: Lu Xun.
Read: Lu Xun, "My Old Home," pp. 201-208; "A Small Incident," pp. 209-210.
Assignment 10: Response to Lecture 10 and related readings (2 pts)
View: Lecture 11: Ding Ling.
Read: Ding Ling, "When I Was in Xia Village," pp. 211-226.
Assignment 11: Response to Lecture 11 and related reading (2 pts)
View: Lecture 12: Yukio Mishima.
Read: Yukio Mishima, "Patriotism," pp. 316-335.
Assignment 12: Response to Lecture 12 and related reading (2 pts)
View: Lecture 13: Pramoedya Anata Toer.
Read: Pramoedya Anata Toer, "Inem,” pp. 288-297
Assignment 13: Response to Lecture 13 and related reading (2pts)
____________________________________________
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 19: ASSIGNMENTS 14 AND 15
View: Lecture 14: Mashaweta Devi.
Read: Mashaweta Devi, "Breast-Giver," PP. 266-286.
Assignment 14: Response to Lecture 14 and related reading (2 pts)
Assignment 15—Essay #2: The Literature of Asia (14 pts)
Write a well-organized documented Essay of 750-1,000 words with a clear thesis, as well as
a beginning, middle, and end, responding to the following question:.
QUESTION: How does the Literature of Asia serve as a critique of the conventions of
Asian society? Refer to at least four assigned readings relevant to the topic, as well as to the
film, “Raise the Red Lantern.” Also briefly integrate one additional related, reliable, and
retrievable source, other than the assigned readings, to your analysis. Be sure to document
fully (paraphrases as well as direct quotes) and include a Works Cited list, both following
MLA specifications. Use reliable sources such as the New York Times, Google Scholar, and
the Publication of the Modern Language Association (PMLA), not Wikipedia
____________________________________________________
TUESDAY, JUNE 25: ASSIGNMENT 16-19
Part 4: The Literature of Africa and the Middle East
View: Lecture 15: An Introduction to Africa and the Middle East.
Read: Begin Chinua Achebe, Things Fall Apart.
Assignment 16: Response to Lecture 15 and related reading (2 pts)
View Lecture 16: Chinua Achebe.
Read: Complete Chinua Achebe, Things Fall Apart. Chinua Achebe, "Civil Peace,” pp.
129-133.
Assignment 17: Response to Lecture 16 and related readings (2 pts)
View Lecture 17: A New Tradition--African and Arabic Literature.
Read Naguib Mahfouz, "The Happy Man," pp. 47-52.
Assignment 18: Response to Lecture 17 and related reading (2 pts)
View: Lecture 18: Ngugi wa Thiong'o.
Read: Ngugi wa Thiong'o, "The Return," p. 91.
Assignment 19: Response to Lecture 18 and related reading (2 pts)
______________________________________
MONDAY, JULY 1: ASSIGNMENTS 20-21
View Lecture 19: An Overview of Contemporary Israeli Literature.
Read Yehuda Amichai, "Jerusalem," pp. 75-76 and "Sort of an Apocalypse," P. 76; Amos
Oz, "Nomad and Viper," pp. 77-90.
Assignment 20: Response to Lecture 19 and related reading (2 pts)
Assignment 21: Essay #3 on the Literature of Africa and the Middle East (14 points)
Write a well-organized documented essay of 750-1,000 words with a clear thesis, as well as
a beginning, middle, and end, responding to the following question:
QUESTION: How do both the Literature of Africa and the Literature of the Middle East
reflect a clash of cultures? In addition to Chinua Achebe’s novel, Things Fall Apart, you
must refer to no fewer than four assigned readings relevant to this topic. Also briefly
integrate one additional related, reliable, and retrievable source, other than the assigned
readings, to your analysis. Be sure to document fully (paraphrases as well as direct quotes)
and include a Works Cited list, both following MLA specifications. Use reliable sources
such as the New York Times, Google Scholar, and the Publication of the Modern Language
Association (PMLA), not Wikipedia.
MONDAY, JULY 8: ASSIGNMENTS 22 AND 23 (FINAL REQUIREMENT)
Part 5: Putting it all Together
View Lecture 20: Course Conclusion.
Assignment 22: Response to Lecture 20 (2 pts)
Assignment 23: Final Requirement (18 pts)—The final requirement is based on essays in
response to questions pertaining to readings assigned throughout the semester, as well as to
brief integration of related, reliable, and retrievable sources other than the assigned
reading. Details to follow.