English 2331-Spring 2014
Postwar World Literature
Instructor: SOBIA KHAN
Contact Information:
Office: L217
Phone: 972-238-3768
Email address: [email protected]
Office Hours: Virtual hours or by appointment
NOTE: All matters associated with this course are subject to change at the instructor's discretion. Any changes will be
communicated to students in writing.
World Literature- In this course we will read short stories by some of the most well known writers of our times.
The stories will speak to the situation of the world we live in, historicizing, recording, and fantasizing reality.
This is a Texas Common Course Number. This is a DCCCD Core Curriculum Course.
Prerequisite: ENGL 1301, ENGL 1302 and have met Texas Success Initiative (TSI) standards in Reading and Writing.
Course Description: This course includes significant works representing a variety of cultures from the ancient world to
approximately 1600 C.E. For repeatability purposes, students who take English 2331 should not also take English 2332 or
2333. (3 Lec.)
Coordinating Board Academic Approval Number 1601045213
Textbooks and Other Course Materials:
Norton Anthology of World Literature, Volume F, 3rd edition
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, students will:
1. Identify key ideas, representative authors and works, significant historical or cultural events, and characteristic
perspectives or attitudes expressed in the literature of different periods or regions.
2. Analyze literary works as expressions of individual or communal values within the social, political, cultural, or
religious contexts of different literary periods.
3. Demonstrate knowledge of the development of characteristic forms or styles of expression during different historical
periods or in different regions.
4. Articulate the aesthetic principles that guide the scope and variety of works in the arts and humanities.
5. Write research-based critical papers about the assigned readings in clear and grammatically correct prose, using various
critical approaches to literature.
Compliance with Core Curriculum Guidelines:
English 2332 is a Core Curriculum course of the humanities, performing and visual arts. As such it strives to meet
the following Educational Objectives:
1. To demonstrate awareness of the scope and variety of works in the arts and humanities.
2. To understand those works as expressions of individual and human values within an historical and social
context.
3. To respond critically to works in the arts and humanities.
4. To articulate an informed personal reaction to works in the arts and humanities.
5. To develop an appreciation for the aesthetic principles that guide or govern the humanities and arts.
6. To demonstrate knowledge of the influence of literature, philosophy, and/or the arts on intercultural
experiences.
The instructor reserves the right to amend this syllabus as necessary.
English 2332 also addresses the following Intellectual Competencies in keeping with Core Curriculum guidelines:
1. READING the ability to analyze and interpret a variety of printed materials - books, documents, and articles above 12th grade level.
2. WRITING the ability to produce clear, correct and coherent prose adapted to purpose, occasion and audience above 12th grade level.
3. CRITICAL THINKING think and analyze at a critical level.
Institution Policies
For Institution Policies, please refer students to the Richland website www.richlandcollege.edu (Current Students)
or to www.richlandcollege.edu/syllabusinfo/syllabiInformation.pdf
Method of Evaluation:
Assignments and Percentages
Essay
Discussion Board Posts
Total
50
50
100%
50
50
100
points
Grading Policy
90 – 100
80 – 89
70 – 79
60 – 69
Below 60
A
B
C
D
F
Obtaining Final Course Grades Using eConnect
Final Grade Reports are no longer mailed. Convenient access is available online at www.econnect.dcccd.edu or by
telephone at 972-613-1818. Use your identification number when you log onto eConnect, an online system developed by
the DCCCD to provide you with timely information regarding your college record. Your grades will also be printed on
your Student Advising Report, which is available in the Admissions and Student Records Office, T170.
READING Response on Dream/Arteries by Phinder Dulai is due the last week of class. You may choose to write
about Dulai’s work for your final essay.
Writers at Richland:
Octavio Quintanilla: Oct 13 in the library
Phinder Dulai: Nov 10
Week 1 Sept 28-Oct 5 POSTWAR and POSTCOLONIAL WORLD LITERATURES
Readings:
Senghor Poems
“House Taken Over” by Cortázar (689)
“This Way for the Gas, Ladies and Gentlemen” by Borowski (693)
“The Old Chief Mshlanga” by Lessing (716)
Oct 5
Due on DB: Respond to prompt
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Week 2 Oct 6-12
Readings:
“Toba Tek Singh” by Manto (727)
“The Guest” by Camus (751)
“Aura” by Fuentes (830)
Thesis (Essay Assignment Folder)
Argumentative Thesis (Essay Assignment Folder)
Oct 12
Week 3 Oct 13-19
Due on DB: Respond to prompt
CONTEMPORARY LITERATURE
Readings:
Readings:
Heaney Poems (977)
“Death Constant beyond Love” by Marquez (986)
“Two Sisters” by Aidoo (993)
“Yellow Woman” by Silko
“Wedding at the Cross” by Thiong’o (1037)
Oct 19
Due on DB: Respond to prompt
Week 4 Oct 20-26
Readings:
“The Deep River” by Head (1098)
“In Camera” by Saadawi (1104)
“Girl” by Kincaid (1145)
“Recitatif” by Morrison (1172)
Readings:
“Drown” by Diaz (1240)
“To Look Out the Window” by Pamuk (1275)
Research Essay: Read Essay prompt (Essay Assignment Folder)
Apr 15
Due on DB: Thesis for Research Essay
Week 5 Oct 27-Nov 2
Writing Week
Nov 2
Due on DB: Post your draft of the essay on DB. Respond and give feedback to two essays by
your classmates.
Week 6 Nov 3-Nov 6
Nov 6
Due on Safe Assign: Final Research Essay
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