LIT 2120 ~ World Literature 2

Monday/Wednesday 7:05-8:20 PM 

Basic Course Information: Books, Assignments, Etc.

Ground Rules

Reading and Discussion Assignments by Date

Class Topics by Date

 

won't you celebrate with me

won't you celebrate with me
what i have shaped into
a kind of life? i had no model.
born in babylon
both nonwhite and woman
what did i see to be except myself?
i made it up
here on this bridge between
starshine and clay,
my one hand holding tight
my one hand; come celebrate
with me that everyday
something has tried to kill me
and has failed.

- - Lucille Clifton

 

Jerusalem

And did those feet in ancient time
Walk upon England's mountains green?
And was the holy Lamb of God
On England's pleasant pastures seen?
 
And did the Countenance Divine
Shine forth upon our clouded hills?
And was Jerusalem builded here
Among these dark Satanic mills?
 
Bring me my bow of burning gold!
Bring me my arrows of desire!
Bring me my spear! O clouds unfold!
Bring me my chariot of fire!
 
I will not cease from mental fight,
Nor shall my sword sleep in my hand
Till we have built Jerusalem
In England's green and pleasant land.
 
 
    -- William Blake

 

 

Due Date

Reading and Discussion Assignments 

Assignments and their discussion questions are due before class on the discussion date. All discussion questions are in Angel. 

8/31

9/7
  • Labor Day - No class

9/9
  • Voltaire's Candide, Chapters 1-15 (France)

9/11
  • Tartuffe (film) - Note: This is not a class date, but the cut-off time remains at 7:05 p.m. UPDATED!

9/14
  • Candide, Chapters 16 to the end (France)

9/21
  • English Romantic Poetry, Introduction pages iii-vi (through information about Blake) (England)
  • William Blake: Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience
  • Internet Links: The William Blake Archive (optional)

9/23
  • Read in English Romantic Poetry (England)
    • Introduction, pages vi-vii (Wordsworth)
    • "Lines Composed a Few Miles above Tintern Abbey"
    • "I wandered lonely as a cloud"
    • "The world is too much with us; late and soon"
    • Tintern Abbey  
  • Internet Link: The Wordsworth Trust (optional)

9/28

9/30
  • Russell's Educating Rita (play - England)

Note: Watch for update on this play. It may have to be delayed by one class period.

10/9
  • Educating Rita (film)  - Note: This is not a class date, but the cut-off time remains at 7:05 p.m.

10/19
  • Beah's A Long Way Gone (memoir, Sierra Leone)

11/2

11/4
  • Murakami's After Dark, pp. 3-96 (Japan)

11/9
  • Murakami's After Dark, pp. 97-188 (Japan)

11/11
  • Veteran's Day - No class

11/16
  • Murakami's After Dark, pp. 189-244  (Japan)

11/25
  • Jungersen's The Exception, pp. 87-210 (chapters 1-23) (Denmark)

12/2
  • Jungersen's The Exception, pp. pp. 309-406 (chapters 24-44) (Denmark)

12/7
  • Jungersen's The Exception, finish the novel (Denmark)

12/9
  • Extra Credit Assignment: Blood Diamonds (see 11/16 in the class topics schedule below for the requirements)

Class Topics by Date

Class No.

Date

Class Topics

1

8/24

2

8/26

Unit 1 ~ The Enlightenment

·         The Enlightenment

·         Introduction to French Drama - Molière

3

8/31

4

9/2
  • Film: Molière’s Tartuffe from the Royal Shakespeare Company

 

9/7
  • Labor Day - No classes

5

9/9

6

9/14
  • Continue Candide, Chapters 1-15 if needed
  • Discussion: Candide, Chapters 16 to the end

7

9/16

Unit 2 ~ Romanticism

8

9/21
  • Discussion: Blake's Songs of Innocence and Experience

9

9/23
  • Discussion: Wordsworth poems 

10

 

9/28

  • Discussion: Read in English Romantic Poetry 
    • Introduction, pages vii-xii (Byron, Shelley, and Keats)
    • Byron: from Hebrew Melodies, "She walks in beauty"
    • Shelley: "Ozymandias," "Ode to the West "
    • Keats: "Ode on a Grecian Urn," "La Belle Dame sans Merci"
    • Online: Grecian Urns (from Time.com)

 

http://faculty.mdc.edu/vlague/images/grecianurn.jpg

11

9/30

Unit 3 ~ Contemporary 

  • Russell's Educating Rita  

Note: Watch for update on this play. It may have to be delayed by one class period.

12

10/5
  • Start Film: Educating Rita

13

10/7
  • Finish Film: Educating Rita

14

10/12

·         Discussion: Beah's A Long Way Gone, beginning of the book through Chapter 7

15

10/14
  •  Discussion: Beah's A Long Way Gone, Chapters 8-14

16

10/19
  •  Discussion: Beah's A Long Way Gone, Chapters 15-21

17

10/21
  •  Start Film: Blood Diamond

18

10/26
  •  Finish Film: Blood Diamond

19

10/28

20

11/2

21

1/4
  •  Discussion: Murakami's After Dark, pp. 3-96 

22

11/9
  •  Discussion: Murakami's After Dark, pp. 97-188

 

11/11
  • Veterans Day - No classes

23

11/16
  • Discussion: Murakami's After Dark, pp. 189-244
  • Extra Credit Assignment on Blood Diamonds: This is a assignment that can add 5 points to the average calculated in Angel for the required assignments. 
    • Prompt: The film Blood Diamond illustrates the kind of situation some young African boys have found themselves in as a result of greed over the diamond trade in Sierra Leone. How does the Beah's book, A Long Way Gone, help you understand the boys' situation in the film and/or add to your understand of the film? Explain why you think as you do.
    • Requirements: 
      • Write a 1.5 page essay answering the writing prompt. You will not earn credit if you write anything shorter than an essay: introduction with thesis, body with support, concluding paragraph. You must be very specific, not general. Use quotations from the book and document them. Write paraphrases for action/dialogue from the film. You do not need to write a Works Cited page.
      • Submit the paper to TurnItIn.com
      • Format the paper following Ground Rule #5.
      • Print the paper and submit it in class on 12/9 at the beginning of class. No late work will be taken.
    • Grading: You will earn 5 points added to your Angel average as long as the extra credit paper would earn at least a C.

24

11/18
  • Film: National Geographic’s “The Secret History of Diamonds”

25

11/23
  • Discussion: Jungersen's The Exception, through page 86 (chapters 1-9)

26

11/25
  • Discussion: Jungersen's The Exception, pp. 87-210 (chapters 10-23)

27

11/30
  • Discussion: Jungersen's The Exception, pp. 211-308 (chapters 24-33)

28

12/2
  • Discussion: Jungersen's The Exception, pp. pp. 309-406 (chapters 34-44)

29

12/7
  • Discussion: Jungersen's The Exception, finish the novel

30

12/9
  • DUE: Extra Credit Assignment: Blood Diamonds (see 11/16 in the class topics schedule below for the requirements)

31

Wed., 12/16
  • Course Wrap-Up (No class on Monday this week)

Miami Dade College, Kendall Campus

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