Reading Schedule
WEEK I
- Jan. 15--Introduction; visit Computer Lab 101.
WEEK II
- Jan. 18--Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday (no class)
CHILEAN LITERATURE
WEEK III
- Jan. 25--Isabel Allende, Of Love and Shadows--read 57 pp.
- Jan. 27--Isabel Allende, Of Love and Shadows--read 57 pp.
- Jan. 29--Isabel Allende, Of Love and Shadows--read 57 pp.
WEEK IV
BRAZILIAN LITERATURE
- Feb. 01--MOVIE: Quilombo, written/directed by Carlos Diegues (114 min).
Begin reading
Jorge Amado, The War of the Saints
--read 50 pp.
- Feb. 03--MOVIE: Quilombo, written/directed by Carlos Diegues (114 min).
Continue reading
Jorge Amado, The War of the Saints
--read 50 pp.
- Feb. 05--MOVIE: Quilombo, written/directed by Carlos Diegues (114 min).
Continue reading Jorge Amado, The War of the Saints
--read 50 pp.
WEEK V
- Feb. 08--Jorge Amado, The War of the Saints
--read 50 pp.
- Feb. 10--Jorge Amado, The War of the Saints
--read 50 pp.
- Feb. 12--Jorge Amado, The War of the Saints
--read 50 pp.
ASSIGN TAKE-HOME EXAM #1. Due Wed., 2/19.
WEEK VI
- Feb. 15--Jorge Amado, The War of the Saints
--read 50 pp.
- Feb. 19--TAKE-HOME EXAM #1 DUE (no class). Submit a hard copy to my office (Grubbs 450) or
email it attached as a .doc file to knichols11@cox.net.
WEEK VII
ARGENTINIAN LITERATURE
- Feb. 24--Jorge Luis Borges,
The Aleph (online);
Julio Cortázar,
Axolotl (online)
CARIBBEAN LITERATURES
- Feb. 26--Derek Walcott (St. Lucia), Ti-Jean and his Brothers, Acts I & II (in
Dream on Monkey Mountain and Other Plays, 85-130).
WEEK VIII
- Mar. 01--Derek Walcott (St. Lucia), Ti-Jean and his Brothers, Act III (in
Dream on Monkey Mountain and Other Plays, 131-66).
ASSIGN PAPER #1--due Mon., Mar. 8. See paper directions.
- Mar. 05--MOVIE: Sugar Cane Alley (107 min.), based on Joseph Zobel (Martinique),
Black Shack Alley.
WEEK IX
MEXICAN LITERATURE
- Mar. 12--Carlos Fuentes, "The Two Americas" (in The Orange Tree, pp. 205-229--on library reserve).
WEEK X
WEEK XI
- Mar. 22--Juan Rulfo, Pedro Páramo
- Mar. 24--Juan Rulfo, Pedro Páramo.
WEEK XII
BORDERLANDS CHICANO/A LITERATURE
Revised Schedule
WEEK XIII
UNITED STATES LITERATURE
- Apr. 05--TAKE-HOME EXAM #2 DUE (no class). Submit a hard copy to my office (Grubbs 450) or
email it attached as a .doc file: knichols11@cox.net.
- Apr. 07--William Faulkner, "The Fire and the Hearth" (in Go Down, Moses, 31-95)
- Apr. 09--William Faulkner, "The Fire and the Hearth" (in Go Down, Moses, 96-127).
ASSIGN PAPER #2: due Mon., Apr 26. See paper directions.
Outside Reading (for paper): Faulkner, "The Old People" (in Go Down, Moses, 155-80)
WEEK XIV
- Apr. 12--William Faulkner, "The Bear" (in Go Down, Moses, 183-243).
- Apr. 14--William Faulkner, "The Bear" (in Go Down, Moses, 243-301).
- Apr. 16--William Faulkner, "The Bear" (in Go Down, Moses, 301-315) and
Outside Reading (for paper): Faulkner, "Delta Autumn" (in Go Down, Moses, 317-48)
WEEK XV
- Apr. 21--VIDEO: Flannery O'Connor, The Displaced Person (55 min.).
- Apr. 23--VIDEO: Flannery O'Connor, The Displaced Person (55 min.); O'Connor handout.
WEEK XVI
CANADIAN LITERATURE
- Apr. 26--PAPER 2 DUE. Late papers will be graded down.
MOVIE: Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid's Tale (108 Min.)
- Apr. 28--MOVIE: Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid's Tale (108 Min.);
Begin reading Thomas King, Medicine River--read 49 pp
- Apr. 30--MOVIE: Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid's Tale (108 Min.);
Continue reading Thomas King, Medicine River--read 49 pp
WEEK XVII
- May 03--Thomas King, Medicine River--read 49 pp
- May 05--Thomas King, Medicine River--read 49 pp.
ASSIGN TAKE-HOME EXAM #3.
Due Wed., May 12.
- May 07--Thomas King, Medicine River--read 49 pp
FINAL: TAKE-HOME EXAM #3--due Wed., May 12. No class. Submit a hard copy to my office (Grubbs 450) or email
it to me attached as a .doc file: knichols@pittstate.edu.
Comments/Suggestions: knichols11@cox.net
Updated: 12-10-12