ENGL 208 (Eastern World Literature) COURSE OUTLINE:
NOTE: SR (Supplemental Reader) and OWL (One World of Literature)
Date
Class Activities and Assignments________________________
Southwest Asia (Middle East)
T 1.27
Introductions, explanations, course overview.
Th 1.29
OWL: "Jerusalem" 75, "Sort of an Apocalypse" 76, "Identity Card"
134+, "The Land of Sad Oranges" 137-141
T 2.3
Th 2.5
OWL: "Nomad and Viper" 77-90, SR: "Gimple the Fool"
SR: excerpts fromThe Qur'an ; discussion with Professor Abdullah
T 2.10
SR: from A Thousand and One Nights 10-15, Persian Poetry 34-43,
"The Bird Parliament" 44-46, Rumi 47-49
Student Reports
Th 2.12
South Asia
T 2.17
SR: excepts from Mahabarata , "Half a Tale" 50-54,
Th 2.19
OWL: "Breast-Giver" 266-287, "Fall, My Mother" 258-265.
T 2.24 Student Reports
Central and East Asia
Th 2.26
SR: from The Life of Buddha 16-20, "Buddhism in a Nutshell" 100+,
Confucius and Lao Tzu 55-58, "The River Merchant's Wife" (& other poems)
59-62
T 3.2/Th3.4 (Film) The Last Emperor (Interim Grades due Fri.)
T 3.9
Th 3.11
Response Paper #1 due; SR: "Lament for a Needle" and "Dispute of a
Woman's Seven Companions" 77-79; OWL: "Spring Storm" 337-343
Student Reports
T/Th 3.15-19 No Classes – Spring Break
T 3.23
Th 3.25
OWL: "When I Was in Xia Village" 211-225, "A Small Incident" 209210, "My Old Home" 201-208
SR: "Blind Panic" 80-99
T 3.30/Th 4.1
EXAM #1
T 4.6/Th 4.8
(Film) Dersu Uzala
Southeast Asia
T 4.13
Response Paper #2 due, SR: Early Vietnamese Poetry 69-76, Ho Chi
Minh 109+, OWL: "The Key" 364-370
Australia, New Zealand, Indonesia
Th 4.15
SR: "Spiritual Song of the Aborigine" 111, "Kicatoo" 112+, "Poem Two"
114, OWL: "The Cooboo" 381-384
T 4.20
Th 4.22
OWL: "Clothes Make a Man" 385-393
Student Reports
T 4.27/Th 4.29
T 5.4
Th 5.6
(Film) The Piano
Response Paper #3 due; OWL: "Bora Ring" 394, "Mr. Parker's
Valentine" 405-412, "The Day of the Sheep" 443-446
OWL: "Pouliuli" 461-474
T 5.11/Th 5.13
EXAM #2