DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH
FACULTY OF MODERN LANGUAGES AND COMMUNICATION
UNIVERSITI PUTRA MALAYSIA
WEEKLY LESSON PLAN
SEMESTER 2, 2011/2012
Name & Course Code
:
New Literatures in English (BBL 3211)
Credit
:
3 (3 + 0)
Instructor
:
Rohimmi Noor
Semester
:
2 (2011/2012)
Course Objectives
:
By the end of this course, students are able to:
1. identify the parameters of new literatures in English
(P1);
2. describe recent literary trends in new literatures in
English (C2);
3. analyse and criticize selected works in a representative
variety of literatures by native and non-native English
writers (A4); and
4. identify and analyse complex situational problems by
providing justification and evaluation (CTPS1).
Course Synopsis
:
This course discusses development of recent literary trends
in the new literatures in English, analysis of original and
translated works in English by Asian, African, Australian,
Canadian, Caribbean, and Indian writers.
CONTENT
WEEK
TOPIC & READING
1&2
New Literatures in English: An Overview
Topic 1 What is New Literatures in English?
Topic 2 Themes and Concerns of New Literatures in English
Topic 3 Approaches to Writing about New Literatures
3&4
Poems & Short Stories from Malaysia & Singapore
Topic 1 Alfian Saat “Bugis”
Topic 2 Wong Phui Nam “Remembering Grandma”
1
Topic 3 K.S. Maniam “Mala”
5&6
Short Stories from India
Topic 1 Bharati Mukherjee and Quest for Identity “Hindus”
Topic 2 Salman Rushdie “The Courter”, “Good Advice is Rarer than Rubies”
7
Poems from Africa I
Topic 1 Kofi Awoonor and Images of War “Song of War”
Topic 2 Wole Soyinka and Racial Discrimination “Telephone Conversation”
Mid Semester Examination (All topics in Week 1 to 7)
8&9
Short Stories from Africa II
Topic 1 Ngugi wa Thiongo “Minutes of Glory”
Topic 2 Chinua Achebe “Girls at War”, “Sugar Baby”
10
Poems from Australia
Topic 1 Kevin Gilbert and Native Displacement “Kiacatoo”
Topic 2 A.D Hope and Australian Landscape “Australia”, “Crossing the
Frontier”
11
Poems & Short Stories from Canada
Topic 1 Margaret Atwood and Voice “Spelling”
Topic 2 Alice Munro and Gender Roles “Boys and Girls”
12 & 13
14
Poems & Short Stories from The Caribbean:I
Topic 1 Nancy Morejon “I Love My Master”
Topic 2 Judith O. Cofer “First Love”, “Old Women”
Short Stories from The Caribbean:II
Topic 1 Jamaica Kincaid and Female Roles “Girl”
Topic 2 Jean Rhys and Black Identity “The Day They Burnt the Books”
Submission of Assignment (30%) - due 2 weeks before final examination
Final Semester Examination (All topics in Week 8 to 13)
EVALUATION
Mid Semester Exam :
Assignment
:
Final Examination
:
30 %
30 % (due 2 weeks before your final examination)
40 %
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PRIMARY TEXTS
Achebe, Chinua. Girls at War. New York: Doubleday, 1973.
Mukherjee, D., Kirpal Singh, and M.A. Quayum. The Merlion and the Hibiscus:
Contemporary Short Stories from Singapore and Malaysia. New Delhi: Penguin
Books, 2002.
Ngugi, wa Thiong’O. Secret Lives and Other Stories. Reading: Heinemann, 1975.
Rushdie, Salman. East, West. Reading: Vintage, 1995.
Wong, Phui Nam. Remembering Grandma and Other Rumours. Singapore City: National
University of Singapore Press, 1989.
REFERENCES
Benson, E. (Ed). (1994). Encyclopedia of Post-Colonial Literatures. (Vols. 1-2) London :
Routledge.
Brumfit, C. and Benron, M. (Ed.). (1993). Teaching Literature : A World Perspective.
London : Macmillan.
Chan, D., J. Weinger, and Sandstrom, D. (1995). Tapestry : Journeys to Cultural
Understandings. Boston : Heinle and Heinle.
Damrosh, D. (2003). What is World Literature? Princeton: Princeton University Press.
Jansohn, C. (2002). Companion to the New Literatures in English. Berlin: Schmidt.
My office and contact address/number:
Email : rohimmi@fbmk.upm.edu.my
Office Tel: 89468732
H/P no: 019 3320850
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