English 201-04/05:  Introduction to World Literature Fall 2007

TR 9:30-10:45; 11:00-12:15; Grainger 18; Dr. Lund (Grainger 200; 395-2168; Office Hours:  MW 10:00-10:50; TTR 1:45-2:45; and by appointment.  http://longwood.edu/staff/mlund/mlund.html

Required books:

Dover Thift Editions:

1.  Favorite Tales from the Arabian Nights' Entertainments  by Richard F. Burton
ISBN:  0486419177

2.  The Gambler by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
ISBN:  0486290816

3.  Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne
ISBN::  0486448495

4.  Oedipus at Colonus by Sophocles
ISBN:  0486406598

Other presses:

5.  Midnight At The Dragon Cafe by Judy Fong Bates (paperback)
Counterpoint Press (April 12, 2005)
ISBN-10: 1582431892
ISBN-13: 978-1582431895

6.  Blood Wedding and Yerma by Federico Garcia Lorca(Tcg Translations, No 5) (Paperback)
lTheatre Communications Group; Reprint edition (July 1994)
ISBN-10: 1559360801
ISBN-13: 978-1559360807

August       28:       Introduction:    "Cracked Eggs" (no reading assignment) 

                   30:      Midnight At The Dragon Cafe by Judy Fong Bates pp. 1-47

September   4:       Oedipus at Colonus by Sophocles

                   6:        Midnight At The Dragon Cafe pp. 47-80
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                  11:       Voyages 1-3 of "Sinbad the Seaman" in Arabian Nights; ; comma splice review

                  13:       Midnight At The Dragon Cafe 80-112

                  18:       Voyages 4-7 of Sinbad

                  20:       Midnight At The Dragon Cafe 112-150

                  25:       Ali Baba in Arabian Nights

                  27:       Essay Exam

October       2:       Cao Xueqin, Dream of the Read Chamber Preface and Chapters 1-2

http://etext.library.adelaide.edu.au/c/cao_xueqin/c2359h

                    4:       Midnight At The Dragon Cafe pp. 150-193

                    9:       Dostoyevsky, The Gambler pp. 1-39

                   11:      Midnight At The Dragon Cafe  193-209;  Basho, "Narrow Road of the Interior" (verses 1, 2, 5, 6, 9, 21, 23, 27, 43, 44) online at

  http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~kohl/basho/index.html

*  *  *  Fall Break  *  *  *

                 18 :       Dostoyevsky, The Gambler pp.  39-78

                 23:        Dostoyevsky, The Gambler pp.  78-117

                 25:        Midnight At The Dragon Cafe pp. 209-234

                 30:        Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne pp.1-50
                               Illustrations

 November 1:        Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne pp. 50-91

                  6:         Exam

                  8:         Research; Midnight At The Dragon Cafe pp. 234-263;  Sample research card here.
     
                13:         Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea pp 91-134

                15:         Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea pp. 134-177

                20:          Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea pp. 177-209; Midnight At The Dragon Cafe pp.  263-289

*  *  *  Thanksgiving  *  *  *

                27:         Blood Wedding by Federico Garcia Lorca

                29:         Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea pp. 209-230; Midnight At The Dragon Cafe pp. 289-315

December 4:          Yerma by Federico Garcia Lorca

                 6:           Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea pp. 231-269

               14            Final Exam: 11:30-2:00 (9:30 class); 3:00-5:30 (11:00 class)

Course Requirements:  read-- before the dates shown--the material specifically assigned for discussion (200 points); take
regular short quizzes (average=200 points); write two in-class essay exams (400 points); write an essay final exam (200
points).  Complete a research project.  Some assignments may not be graded.

Grading:  You should save all written work from the course for one semester.  Grading scale:  90%=A; 80%=B; 70%=C;
60%=D; less than 60%=F.

Policies:  The make-up work for any absence, excused or unexcused, is a one-page typed essay on the reading including direct quotations from the text and correct citation (MLA style) for the class missed due at the beginning of the next class attended.  A superficial essay will result in a quiz grade of zero.

See also the College Catalog and the Student Handbook.  Unexcused absences for more than 10% of classes may lower a
final grade one letter.  Absence, excused and/or unexcused, from more than 25% of classes may be an automatic F in the
course.  Students are expected to abide by the college Honor Code.

Inclement Weather:  If the college closes for inclement weather, students should continue work as outlined above.

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