Week #1: Introduction to Course, Empathy and Literary Fiction
January 14th
Welcome; Introduction to Course; Course Contract
January 16th
Introduction to Literature & Empathy
Introduce Blog Assignment
Reading: “The Empathy Exams,” Leslie Jamison (Web)
Due: Course Contract
Week #2: Poetics and Empathy
January 21st
Walt Whitman & The Self: “For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you”
Introduce Visual Poetry Representation & Artist’s Statement
Read: “Song of Myself,” Leaves of Grass (web)
Read: They Say, I Say Ch. 12: “Entering Class Discussions” (p.163-166) and Ch. 15: “Entering Conversations about Literature” (184-201)
January 23rd
Walt Whitman & Others: “I am not what you supposed but far different”
Read: “To a Stranger,” "The Wound Dresser," "Crossing Brooklyn Ferry," Leaves of Grass (web)
QUIZ #1
Week #3: Poetics and Empathy
January 28th
Naomi Shihab Nye: “Like a shadow or a friend”
Read: Nye, “Kindness” (Web); “Arriving at a Fish” (iCollege); “The World in Translation” (iCollege); “The Indian in the Kitchen” (Web); “Gate A-4” (Web)
January 30th
Naomi Shihab Nye: “The pilgrimage occurred daily”
Read: Nye, Section 1, 19 Varieties of Gazelle
QUIZ #2
Week #4: Poetics and Empathy
February 4th
Naomi Shihab Nye: “Who calls anyone civilized?”
Read: Nye, Section 2, 19 Varieties of Gazelle
February 6th
Reginald Dwayne Betts: "Redaction is a dialect after prison”
Read: Felon: “Ghazal” to “In Houston”
QUIZ #3
Due: Blog #1 to iCollege by 11:59pm
Week #5: Poetics and Empathy
February 11th
Reginald Dwayne Betts: "Prison ain’t still undefeated, & one of these days we might find us some free”
Read: Felon: “Night” to “House of Unending”
February 13rd
Peer Review for Visual Representation of Poetry & Artist’s Statement
Due: Draft of Visual Representation of Poetry & Artist’s Statement
Week #6: Community and Empathy
February 18th
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: “One story becomes the whole story”
Introduction to Unit #2
Introduce Project #2: Literary and Cultural Analysis Prospectus and Annotated Bibliography
Watch: “Danger of a Single Story” (TED)
Read: They Say, I Say Ch. 1-3 (p.19-53)
Due: Final of Visual Poetry Representation & Artist’s Statement to iCollege by 11:59pm
February 20th
Departures & Arrivals: “No one leaves home unless home is the mouth of a shark”
Read: The Arrival, Shaun Tan
Read: “Conversations About Home (at the Deportation Center)," Warsan Shire (iCollege)
QUIZ #4
Week #7: Community and Empathy
February 25th
Departures & Arrivals: “When we migrate, we murder from our lives those we leave behind”
Read: Exit West Sections 1-4
February 27th
Library Visit from Mary Anne Cullen
Introduction to Research @ Library;
Read: They Say, I Say Preface (p. xvi-xxvi), Introduction (p.1-17)
QUIZ #5
Week #8: Community and Empathy
March 3rd
Drop Deadline
Departures & Arrivals: “In this group, everyone was foreign, and so, in a sense, no one was”
Introduce Project #3: Literary and Cultural Analysis Essay
Read: Exit West Sections 5-8
March 5th
Departures & Arrivals: “Without borders nations appeared to be becoming somewhat illusory”
Read: Exit West Sections 9-12
QUIZ #6
Due: Blog #2: Annotated Bibliography
Week #9: Community and Empathy
March 10th
Generations: “The hyphen separating loneliness (Mexican) from friendship (American)”
Read: Citizen Illegal Section 1-3
Listen: “Community” from Living in the Ice Age
March 12th
Generations: “but you already know/my mom’s work/by its invisibility”
Read: Citizen Illegal Section 4 & 5
Listen: “Generations” from Living in the Ice Age
QUIZ #7
Due: Project #2: Literary and Cultural Analysis Prospectus and Annotated Bibliography
Week #10: Community and Empathy
March 24th
NO CLASS
March 26th
NO CLASS
Week #11: Community and Empathy (March 30-April 5)
Day #1 (complete by Wednesday)
Generations: “Then we will have taught Canadians what it takes to wear a turban”
Read: Persepolis (p.1: Introduction to p.102: "The Key")
Read: “Montreal 1962,” Shauna Singh Baldwin (iCollege)
Day #2 (complete by Friday)
Generations:"You don't look African at all"
Read: Persepolis (p. 103: "The Wine" to p. 222" "Hide and Seek")
Read: “My American John,” Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (iCollege)
QUIZ #8
Week #12: Community and Empathy (April 6-12)
Day #1 (complete by Wednesday)
Generations:"'I came here, and I'm going to die here.' This life I have built, I will not let it go"
Read: Persepolis (p. 223: "The Croissant" to p. 341: "The End")
Read: "A Conversation," Pauline Kaldas (iCollege)
Day #2 (complete by Friday)
Writing Your Research Essay, pt. 1
Read: They Say, I Say Ch. 4-7 (p.55-103)
QUIZ #9
Week #13: Empathy and Practice (April 13-19)
Day #1 (complete by Wednesday)
Writing Your Research Essay, pt. 2
Read: They Say, I Say Ch. 8-11 (p.103-161)
Introduce Project #4: Community Ethnography
Due: Blog #3: Literary and Cultural Analysis Research Essay (due by Wednesday, April 15 by 11:59pm)
Day #2 (complete by Friday)
What is an Ethnography?
Read: Seth Kuhn, "Putting Ethnographic Writing in Context" (iCollege)
Peer Review Project #3: Literary and Cultural Analysis Research Essay
Week #14: Empathy and Practice (April 20-April 26)
Day #1 (complete by Wednesday)
Ethnography Tips & Suggestions
Due: Blog #4: Proposed Project Plan (due by Wednesday, April 22 by 11:59pm)
Day #2 (complete by Friday)
Ethnography Final Steps
Due: Project #3: Literary and Cultural Analysis Research Essay (due by Friday, April 24 by 11:59pm)
April 30th
Due: Project #4 : Community Ethnography (due by Thursday, April 30th at 11:59pm)
January 14th
Welcome; Introduction to Course; Course Contract
January 16th
Introduction to Literature & Empathy
Introduce Blog Assignment
Reading: “The Empathy Exams,” Leslie Jamison (Web)
Due: Course Contract
Week #2: Poetics and Empathy
January 21st
Walt Whitman & The Self: “For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you”
Introduce Visual Poetry Representation & Artist’s Statement
Read: “Song of Myself,” Leaves of Grass (web)
Read: They Say, I Say Ch. 12: “Entering Class Discussions” (p.163-166) and Ch. 15: “Entering Conversations about Literature” (184-201)
January 23rd
Walt Whitman & Others: “I am not what you supposed but far different”
Read: “To a Stranger,” "The Wound Dresser," "Crossing Brooklyn Ferry," Leaves of Grass (web)
QUIZ #1
Week #3: Poetics and Empathy
January 28th
Naomi Shihab Nye: “Like a shadow or a friend”
Read: Nye, “Kindness” (Web); “Arriving at a Fish” (iCollege); “The World in Translation” (iCollege); “The Indian in the Kitchen” (Web); “Gate A-4” (Web)
January 30th
Naomi Shihab Nye: “The pilgrimage occurred daily”
Read: Nye, Section 1, 19 Varieties of Gazelle
QUIZ #2
Week #4: Poetics and Empathy
February 4th
Naomi Shihab Nye: “Who calls anyone civilized?”
Read: Nye, Section 2, 19 Varieties of Gazelle
February 6th
Reginald Dwayne Betts: "Redaction is a dialect after prison”
Read: Felon: “Ghazal” to “In Houston”
QUIZ #3
Due: Blog #1 to iCollege by 11:59pm
Week #5: Poetics and Empathy
February 11th
Reginald Dwayne Betts: "Prison ain’t still undefeated, & one of these days we might find us some free”
Read: Felon: “Night” to “House of Unending”
February 13rd
Peer Review for Visual Representation of Poetry & Artist’s Statement
Due: Draft of Visual Representation of Poetry & Artist’s Statement
Week #6: Community and Empathy
February 18th
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: “One story becomes the whole story”
Introduction to Unit #2
Introduce Project #2: Literary and Cultural Analysis Prospectus and Annotated Bibliography
Watch: “Danger of a Single Story” (TED)
Read: They Say, I Say Ch. 1-3 (p.19-53)
Due: Final of Visual Poetry Representation & Artist’s Statement to iCollege by 11:59pm
February 20th
Departures & Arrivals: “No one leaves home unless home is the mouth of a shark”
Read: The Arrival, Shaun Tan
Read: “Conversations About Home (at the Deportation Center)," Warsan Shire (iCollege)
QUIZ #4
Week #7: Community and Empathy
February 25th
Departures & Arrivals: “When we migrate, we murder from our lives those we leave behind”
Read: Exit West Sections 1-4
February 27th
Library Visit from Mary Anne Cullen
Introduction to Research @ Library;
Read: They Say, I Say Preface (p. xvi-xxvi), Introduction (p.1-17)
QUIZ #5
Week #8: Community and Empathy
March 3rd
Drop Deadline
Departures & Arrivals: “In this group, everyone was foreign, and so, in a sense, no one was”
Introduce Project #3: Literary and Cultural Analysis Essay
Read: Exit West Sections 5-8
March 5th
Departures & Arrivals: “Without borders nations appeared to be becoming somewhat illusory”
Read: Exit West Sections 9-12
QUIZ #6
Due: Blog #2: Annotated Bibliography
Week #9: Community and Empathy
March 10th
Generations: “The hyphen separating loneliness (Mexican) from friendship (American)”
Read: Citizen Illegal Section 1-3
Listen: “Community” from Living in the Ice Age
March 12th
Generations: “but you already know/my mom’s work/by its invisibility”
Read: Citizen Illegal Section 4 & 5
Listen: “Generations” from Living in the Ice Age
QUIZ #7
Due: Project #2: Literary and Cultural Analysis Prospectus and Annotated Bibliography
Week #10: Community and Empathy
March 24th
NO CLASS
March 26th
NO CLASS
Week #11: Community and Empathy (March 30-April 5)
Day #1 (complete by Wednesday)
Generations: “Then we will have taught Canadians what it takes to wear a turban”
Read: Persepolis (p.1: Introduction to p.102: "The Key")
Read: “Montreal 1962,” Shauna Singh Baldwin (iCollege)
Day #2 (complete by Friday)
Generations:"You don't look African at all"
Read: Persepolis (p. 103: "The Wine" to p. 222" "Hide and Seek")
Read: “My American John,” Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (iCollege)
QUIZ #8
Week #12: Community and Empathy (April 6-12)
Day #1 (complete by Wednesday)
Generations:"'I came here, and I'm going to die here.' This life I have built, I will not let it go"
Read: Persepolis (p. 223: "The Croissant" to p. 341: "The End")
Read: "A Conversation," Pauline Kaldas (iCollege)
Day #2 (complete by Friday)
Writing Your Research Essay, pt. 1
Read: They Say, I Say Ch. 4-7 (p.55-103)
QUIZ #9
Week #13: Empathy and Practice (April 13-19)
Day #1 (complete by Wednesday)
Writing Your Research Essay, pt. 2
Read: They Say, I Say Ch. 8-11 (p.103-161)
Introduce Project #4: Community Ethnography
Due: Blog #3: Literary and Cultural Analysis Research Essay (due by Wednesday, April 15 by 11:59pm)
Day #2 (complete by Friday)
What is an Ethnography?
Read: Seth Kuhn, "Putting Ethnographic Writing in Context" (iCollege)
Peer Review Project #3: Literary and Cultural Analysis Research Essay
Week #14: Empathy and Practice (April 20-April 26)
Day #1 (complete by Wednesday)
Ethnography Tips & Suggestions
Due: Blog #4: Proposed Project Plan (due by Wednesday, April 22 by 11:59pm)
Day #2 (complete by Friday)
Ethnography Final Steps
Due: Project #3: Literary and Cultural Analysis Research Essay (due by Friday, April 24 by 11:59pm)
April 30th
Due: Project #4 : Community Ethnography (due by Thursday, April 30th at 11:59pm)