English 201-05/06         World Literature          Fall 2004

TR 9:30-10:45; 11:00-12:15 Grainger G116; Dr. Lund (Grainger G10; 395-2168; Office Hours:  MW 10:00-10:50; TTR 1:45-2:45; and by appointment. http://web.lwc.edu/staff/mlund/lundmc.html

Texts:  All texts except The Pickup by Nadine Gordimer (Harcourt) are Dover Thrift Editions or online.

August       31:       Introduction:  Roommates?  (no reading assignment)

September   2:       Nadine Gordimer, The Pickup (pp. 1-28); Sophocles, Antigone (pp. 1-13)

                   7:        Antigone (pp. 14-52); The Pickup (pp. 29-38)

                   9:        The Pickup (pp.40-64); comma splice

                 14:        Cervantes, Don Quixote chapters 1-10

http://www.gutenberg.net/etext/996

                 16:        The Pickup (pp. 65-89)

                 21:        Song of Roland pp. 1-38

                 23:        The Pickup (pp. 90-123)

                 28:        Song of Roland pp. 38-80; Tsao Hsueh-Chin, Dream of the Red Chamber (pp. 1-15)

                 30:        Essay Exam (sample question here)

October     5 :        Dream of the Red Chamber (16-63)

                  7:        The Pickup (pp. 124-158):; Song of Roland (80-124 maybe . . . )

                12:        Dream of the Red Chamber (64-125)

                14:        The Pickup (159-174); Basho, Narrow Road of the Interior"; 

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

*  *  *  Fall Break  *  *  *

                 21:         Dream of the Red Chamber (126-195)

                 26:         Dream of the Red Chamber (196-271)      

                 28:         The Pickup (pp. 174-205); Pushkin, "Queen of Spades" (in Great Russian Short Stories)

 November 2:         Dream of the Red Chamber, 271-329

                  9:          Essay Exam

                11:          Dostoevsky, "White Nights"; Tolstoy, "How Much Land Does a Man Need?"  

                16:          Sologub, "The White Mother"' Gorky, "Twenty-Six Men and a Girl"; Kuprin, "The Outrage--a True Story"

                18:          The Pickup (pp. 220-243); Henrik Ibsen, Peer Gynt (pp. 1-22)

                23:          Peer Gynt (pp. 23-98)

*  *  *  Thanksgiving  *  *  *

               30:           Peer Gynt (pp. 99-137)

December 2:           The Pickup (241-268)

                 9:           Review

        13:               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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