Week #1: Sacred Texts & Epics
January 15th
Welcome to World Literature; What is World Literature?; Course Contract
Syllabus
Watch:
“The Danger of a Single Story,” Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (in class)
Read:
Excerpts from Goethe on Weltliteratur (in class)
January 17th
Sacred Texts
Read:
Excerpts from:
Hebrew Bible (iCollege)
Qu’ran (iCollege)
Christian Bible (iCollege)
Due: Course Contract
Week #2: Sacred Texts & Epics
January 22nd
Sacred Texts: Bhagavad Gita
Introduce Essay #1
Read: Bhagavad Gita, Intro (p. 13-67)
January 24th
Sacred Texts: Bhagavad Gita
Read: Bhagavad Gita Ch. 1-6 (p. 71-147)
Week #3: Sacred Texts & Epics
January 29th
NO CLASS
January 31st
Sacred Texts: Bhagavad Gita
Read: Bhagavad Gita Ch. 7-12 (p. 147-211)
Week #4: Sacred Texts & Epics
February 5th
Sacred Texts: Bhagavad Gita
Read: Bhagavad Gita Ch. 13-end (p. 211-267)
February 7th
Epics
Read:
Excerpts from:
Iliad (iCollege)
Song of Roland (iCollege)
Week #5: Sacred Texts & Epics
February 12th
Epics: Sunjata
Read: Sunjata, Bamba Suso (p. 1-33)
February 14th
Epics: Sunjata
Read: Sunjata, Banna Kanute (p.33-95)
Week #6: Enlightenment and the Problem of Reason
February 19th
Peer Review; Enlightenment and Empire
Read: Montaigne, "Of Cannibals," & "On the Inconsistency of Our Actions" (iCollege)
Introduce Essay #2
Due: Essay #1
February 21st
Enlightenment: Faust
Read: Faust, Part One: Dedication-Auerbach’s Keller (p. 65-235)
Week #7: Enlightenment and the Problem of Reason
February 26th
Enlightenment: Faust
Read: Faust Part One: The Witch’s Kitchen-Cathedral (p. 235-355)
February 28th
Enlightenment: Faust
Read: Faust Part One: Walpurgis Night-Dungeon (p. 355-423)
Week #8: Enlightenment and the Problem of Reason
March 5th
Enlightenment: Faust
Read: Faust, Part Two: First Act-Mountain Gorges (p. 423-487)
Drop Deadline
March 7th
Problem of Reason
Introduce Critical Essay Annotated Bibliography
Read: Kafka, The Judgement (iCollege)
Camus, excerpts from The Myth of Sisyphus
Week #9: Enlightenment and the Problem of Reason
March 12th
Problem of Reason: Borges, Ficciones
Read: Ficciones, Part One: “Prologue” to “The Babylon Library” (p. 15-73)
March 14th
Problem of Reason: Borges, Ficciones
Read: Ficciones, Part One & Two: “An Examination of the Work of Herbert Quain” to “Theme of the Traitor and Hero” (p. 73-129)
Week #10: Enlightenment and the Problem of Reason
March 26th
Problem of Reason: Borges, Ficciones
Read: Ficciones, Part Two: “Death and the Compass” to “The South” (p. 129-174)
March 28th
Peer Review for Essay #2
Week #11: Post-Colonialism
April 2nd
Postcolonial Imagination
Due: Essay #2;
Introduce Essay #3
Read: Chinua Achebe, “Chike’s School Days” (iCollege)
Binyavanga Wainaina, “How to Write About Africa” (Web)
Barbie Savior (Instagram)
April 4th
Postcolonialism and Politics: Satrapi, Persepolis
Read: Persepolis: “The Veil” to “The Cigarette” (pg. 3-117)
Week #12: Post-Colonialism
April 9th
Postcolonialism and Politics: Satrapi, Persepolis
Read: Persepolis: “The Passport” to “Hide and Seek” (pg. 118-223)
April 11th
Postcolonialism and Politics: Satrapi, Persepolis
Read: Persepolis: “The Croissant” to “The End” (pg. 223-341)
Week #13: Post-Colonialism
April 16th
Postcolonialism and Memory: Gyasi, Homegoing
Read: Homegoing: “Effia” to “James” (pg. 3-110)
April 18th
Postcolonialism and Memory: Gyasi, Homegoing
Read: Homegoing: “Kojo” to “Akua” (p. 110-198)
Week #14: Post-Colonialism
April 23rd
Postcolonialism and Memory: Gyasi, Homegoing
Read: Homegoing: “Willie” to “Marcus” (p. 198-300)
April 25th
Peer Review for Essay #3
Final Exam Review Session
Due: Essay #3 to iCollege by 11:59pm
May 2nd
FINAL EXAM (11:30-2:00P)
May 5th
Due: Critical Essay Annotated Bibliography to iCollege by 11:59pm
January 15th
Welcome to World Literature; What is World Literature?; Course Contract
Syllabus
Watch:
“The Danger of a Single Story,” Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (in class)
Read:
Excerpts from Goethe on Weltliteratur (in class)
January 17th
Sacred Texts
Read:
Excerpts from:
Hebrew Bible (iCollege)
Qu’ran (iCollege)
Christian Bible (iCollege)
Due: Course Contract
Week #2: Sacred Texts & Epics
January 22nd
Sacred Texts: Bhagavad Gita
Introduce Essay #1
Read: Bhagavad Gita, Intro (p. 13-67)
January 24th
Sacred Texts: Bhagavad Gita
Read: Bhagavad Gita Ch. 1-6 (p. 71-147)
Week #3: Sacred Texts & Epics
January 29th
NO CLASS
January 31st
Sacred Texts: Bhagavad Gita
Read: Bhagavad Gita Ch. 7-12 (p. 147-211)
Week #4: Sacred Texts & Epics
February 5th
Sacred Texts: Bhagavad Gita
Read: Bhagavad Gita Ch. 13-end (p. 211-267)
February 7th
Epics
Read:
Excerpts from:
Iliad (iCollege)
Song of Roland (iCollege)
Week #5: Sacred Texts & Epics
February 12th
Epics: Sunjata
Read: Sunjata, Bamba Suso (p. 1-33)
February 14th
Epics: Sunjata
Read: Sunjata, Banna Kanute (p.33-95)
Week #6: Enlightenment and the Problem of Reason
February 19th
Peer Review; Enlightenment and Empire
Read: Montaigne, "Of Cannibals," & "On the Inconsistency of Our Actions" (iCollege)
Introduce Essay #2
Due: Essay #1
February 21st
Enlightenment: Faust
Read: Faust, Part One: Dedication-Auerbach’s Keller (p. 65-235)
Week #7: Enlightenment and the Problem of Reason
February 26th
Enlightenment: Faust
Read: Faust Part One: The Witch’s Kitchen-Cathedral (p. 235-355)
February 28th
Enlightenment: Faust
Read: Faust Part One: Walpurgis Night-Dungeon (p. 355-423)
Week #8: Enlightenment and the Problem of Reason
March 5th
Enlightenment: Faust
Read: Faust, Part Two: First Act-Mountain Gorges (p. 423-487)
Drop Deadline
March 7th
Problem of Reason
Introduce Critical Essay Annotated Bibliography
Read: Kafka, The Judgement (iCollege)
Camus, excerpts from The Myth of Sisyphus
Week #9: Enlightenment and the Problem of Reason
March 12th
Problem of Reason: Borges, Ficciones
Read: Ficciones, Part One: “Prologue” to “The Babylon Library” (p. 15-73)
March 14th
Problem of Reason: Borges, Ficciones
Read: Ficciones, Part One & Two: “An Examination of the Work of Herbert Quain” to “Theme of the Traitor and Hero” (p. 73-129)
Week #10: Enlightenment and the Problem of Reason
March 26th
Problem of Reason: Borges, Ficciones
Read: Ficciones, Part Two: “Death and the Compass” to “The South” (p. 129-174)
March 28th
Peer Review for Essay #2
Week #11: Post-Colonialism
April 2nd
Postcolonial Imagination
Due: Essay #2;
Introduce Essay #3
Read: Chinua Achebe, “Chike’s School Days” (iCollege)
Binyavanga Wainaina, “How to Write About Africa” (Web)
Barbie Savior (Instagram)
April 4th
Postcolonialism and Politics: Satrapi, Persepolis
Read: Persepolis: “The Veil” to “The Cigarette” (pg. 3-117)
Week #12: Post-Colonialism
April 9th
Postcolonialism and Politics: Satrapi, Persepolis
Read: Persepolis: “The Passport” to “Hide and Seek” (pg. 118-223)
April 11th
Postcolonialism and Politics: Satrapi, Persepolis
Read: Persepolis: “The Croissant” to “The End” (pg. 223-341)
Week #13: Post-Colonialism
April 16th
Postcolonialism and Memory: Gyasi, Homegoing
Read: Homegoing: “Effia” to “James” (pg. 3-110)
April 18th
Postcolonialism and Memory: Gyasi, Homegoing
Read: Homegoing: “Kojo” to “Akua” (p. 110-198)
Week #14: Post-Colonialism
April 23rd
Postcolonialism and Memory: Gyasi, Homegoing
Read: Homegoing: “Willie” to “Marcus” (p. 198-300)
April 25th
Peer Review for Essay #3
Final Exam Review Session
Due: Essay #3 to iCollege by 11:59pm
May 2nd
FINAL EXAM (11:30-2:00P)
May 5th
Due: Critical Essay Annotated Bibliography to iCollege by 11:59pm