Dr Kaukab Siddique
Interpretive Essay #1 | 20% |
Summary/Response Paper #1 | 20% |
Midterm Exam | 30% |
Class Participation | 30% |
Midterm grade | 20% |
Critical Essay | 35% |
Final Exam | 20% |
Class Participation, including oral reports | 25% |
Week 1 |
Introduction to Course
Works in the Western European Tradition 18th Century Enlightenment: Moliere, "Tartuffe" 1900 |
Week 2 |
"Tartuffe" continued
"Tartuffe" Response Paper #1 19th Century Revolution and Romanticism Selected poetry: Blake, "Songs of Innocence" and "Songs of Experience" 2267 and 2278 |
Week 3 |
Martin Luther King Day (no classes)
Poetry continued Wordsworth Tintern Abbey 2273 Intro to Sula |
Week 4 | Sula |
Week 5 |
Interpretive Essay due
Sula concluded |
Week 6 | 19th Century Realism: Ibsen, "Hedda Gabler" 2480 |
Week 7 | 20th Century Modernism: Kafka, "The Metamorphosis" 2746 |
Week 8 |
Review
Midterm Exam |
Week 9 |
Tolstoy, "The Death of Ivan Ilyich" 2432
"Love Song of J. Alfred Prufruck" 2787 |
Week 10 | Zaabalawi by Mahfouz |
Week 11 | Chike's School Days by Achebe |
Week 12 |
Critical Essay Due
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Week 13 | Oral Presentation |
Week 14 |
From the East
India: Rabindranath Tagore "Punishment" 2618 |
Week 15 |
Critical Essay #2 Due
Review |
Week 16 | FINAL EXAMS |