English 2206, World Literature after 1660
Fall 2014 Section: TEAA, MWF 11:00 a.m. to 11:50 a.m., Smith Hall, Room 267
Instructor and Office Hours
Ben P. Robertson, Ph.D., Associate Professor, English
9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
Mon./Wed./Fri.:
12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.
2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Course Description and Objectives
This course is designed to provide you with an
overview of masterpieces of world literature from the
late seventeenth century through the twentieth century.
As we read and discuss the material, we will pay special
attention to the cultural and other contextual qualities
that distinguish each text, and we will note the
connections that link the texts with one another. By
the end of the course, I hope that you will have
achieved an appreciation for the rich diversity of world
literature and for individual literary works that we read.
Course Prerequisites
Students must earn at least a C in English 1102,
Composition and Modern English II (or its equivalent),
to enroll in this course.
Texts and Materials
Please acquire the following texts and materials to use
for this course.
•
Puchner, Martin, et al., eds. The Norton
Anthology of World Literature. 3rd ed. Vols. D, E,
and F (or Vol. 2). New York: Norton, 2012.
• A flash drive, a notebook with looseleaf paper,
and a pencil or pen.
Additional course readings may be available online, and
others may be placed on reserve in the library, where
you may read them during library hours. The QEP
recommends the following book as well:
Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451.
Assignments
Your grade for this course will be determined based on
the following assignments and their respective
percentage weights. The capital letters in brackets after
each item refer to the goals addressed by each entry for
the Alabama Department of Education’s Criteria for
Certification of Teachers in Secondary Schools (listed
in the “General Course Policies”):
Essay Sequence (25%) [C, E, F, H, I]
Weekly Discussion (10%) [A, B, C, D, E, G, H, J]
Presentation (10%) [A, B, C, D, E, F, H, I, J]
Daily Work (10%) [A, B, C, D, G, H, I, J]
Exam 1 (15%) [C, E, G, H]
Exam 2 (15%) [C, E, G, H]
Exam 3 (15%) [C, E, G, H]
Total possible score: 100 %
The “Daily Work” category includes items completed
in class such as peer review, collaboration exercises,
quizzes, general class participation, and any other
exercises or writing not otherwise listed. This category
also includes rough drafts of assignments and minor
assignments done outside class.
Tentative Schedule
You should read for this course on a dynamic basis. We will discuss readings from the Romantics, the Victorians, and recent
literature in the order they are presented in the three lists that appear in this table. Most likely we will not cover all the items in each
list; how far we progress each day will depend on class discussion/participation. So how do you know what to read for each class
period? You should read two or three items ahead for each class—better yet, read ahead all of an author’s listing at a time.
Weeks
Dates
Reading Assignments/Activities
Items Due
Online Documents (Syllabus/Schedule, Assignments, Handouts)
Week 1
Wed., Aug. 13
Theoretical Approaches to Literature
Fri., Aug. 15
LAST DAY TO ADD A COURSE OR
More on Theoretical Approaches; Contexts; Studying for Tests
Week 2
Mon., Aug. 18
WITHDRAW WITHOUT OWING
FULL TUITION
English 2206, World Literature after 1660, page 2
Wed., Aug. 20
Week 3
Week 4
Week 5
Week 6
Week 7
Fri., Aug. 22
Mon., Aug. 25
Wed., Aug. 27
Fri., Aug. 29
Mon., Sept. 1
Wed., Sept. 3
Fri., Sept. 5
Mon., Sept. 8
Wed., Sept. 10
Fri., Sept. 12
Mon., Sept. 15
Wed., Sept. 17
Fri., Sept. 19
Mon., Sept. 22
Week 11
Wed., Sept. 24
Fri., Sept. 26
Mon., Sept. 29
Wed., Oct. 1
Fri., Oct. 3
Mon., Oct. 6
Wed., Oct. 8
Fri., Oct. 10
Mon., Oct. 13
Wed., Oct. 15
Fri., Oct. 17
Mon., Oct. 20
Week 12
Wed., Oct. 22
Fri., Oct. 24
Mon., Oct. 27
Week 8
Week 9
Week 10
15th
17th
Readings from the
through the
Centuries (Volume D)
Zeami Motokiyo, Atsumori (8)
Chikamatsu Monzaemon, The Love Suicides at Amijima (48)
Molière, Tartuffe (144)
Aphra Behn, Oroonoko (200)
Jonathan Swift, “A Modest Proposal” (315)
Alexander Pope, The Rape of the Lock (321)
Voltaire, Candide (355)
Wu Cheng’en, The Journey to the West (424)
Feng Menglong, Du Tenth Sinks the Jewel Box in Anger (499)
Ihara Saikaku, Life of a Sensuous Woman (593)
Readings from Volume D (see list above).
Readings from Volume D (see list above).
Readings from Volume D (see list above).
Readings from Volume D (see list above).
No class!
Readings from Volume D (see list above).
Readings from Volume D (see list above).
Readings from Volume D (see list above).
Presentations from Volume D.
Presentations from Volume D.
Presentations from Volume D.
Exam review day.
Exam #1
Readings from the 18th and 19th Centuries (Volume E)
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Faust (102)
Domingo Faustino Sarmiento, Facundo (212)
Anna Bunina, Conversation between Me and the Women (385)
José Martí, “I Am an Honest Man (Guantanamera)” (520)
Rubén Darío, “Leda” (534), “Fatality” (535)
Nguyên Du, The Tale of Kieu (546)
Pandita Ramabai, “Legal Rights” (621)
Leo Tolstoy, “The Death of Ivan Ilyich” (740)
Henrik Ibsen, Hedda Gabler (781)
Rabindranath Tagore, “Punishment” (893)
Higuchi Ichiyō, “Separate Ways” (907)
No class!
No class!
Readings from Volume E (see list above).
Readings from Volume E (see list above).
Readings from Volume E (see list above).
Readings from Volume E (see list above).
Readings from Volume E (see list above).
No class!
Readings from Volume E (see list above).
Presentations from Volume E.
Presentations from Volume E.
Presentations from Volume E.
Exam review day.
Exam #2
Readings from the 20th and 21st Centuries (Volume F)
Franz Kafka, “The Metamorphosis” (210)
Lu Xun, Diary of a Madman (244)
Akutagawa Ryūnosuke, “In a Bamboo Grove” (305)
Jorge Luis Borges, “The Garden of Forking Paths” (489)
Léopold Sédar Senghor, “Black Woman” (680)
Tadeusz Borowski, “This Way to the Gas, Ladies and Gentlemen” (695)
V. S. Naipaul, “One Out of Many” (1006)
Leslie Marmon Silko, “Yellow Woman” (1030)
Hanan Al-Shaykh, “The Women’s Swimming Pool” (1166)
Roberto Bolaño, “Sensini” (1251)
Presentation Topic
Weekly Discussion #1
Weekly Discussion #2
Annotated Bibliography
Weekly Discussion #3
Weekly Discussion #4
Weekly Discussion #5
Essay Proposal
Weekly Discussion #6
Weekly Discussion #7
LAST DAY TO DROP ANY
COURSE.
Weekly Discussion #8
English 2206, World Literature after 1660, page 3
Week 13
Week 14
Week 15
Week 16
Week 17
Week 18
Wed., Oct. 29
Fri., Oct. 31
Mon., Nov. 3
Wed., Nov. 5
Fri., Nov. 7
Mon., Nov. 10
Wed., Nov. 12
Fri., Nov. 14
Mon., Nov. 17
Wed., Nov. 19
Fri., Nov. 21
Mon., Nov. 24
Wed., Nov. 26
Fri., Nov. 28
Mon., Dec. 1
Wed., Dec. 3
Tue., Dec. 9
Readings from Volume F (see list above).
Readings from Volume F (see list above).
Readings from Volume F (see list above).
Readings from Volume F (see list above).
No class!
Readings from Volume F (see list above).
Readings from Volume F (see list above).
Readings from Volume F (see list above).
Presentations from Volume F.
Presentations from Volume F.
Presentations from Volume F.
No class!
No class!
No class!
Exam review day.
Dead Day
Exam #3
8:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.
Weekly Discussion #9
Weekly Discussion #10
Essay