Department of English
Faculty of Arts, Chulalongkorn University
2202232 Introduction to the Study of English Fiction
Puckpan Tipayamontri
Office: BRK 1106.1
Office Hours: W 2–4 or by appointment
Phone: 0 2218 4703
Group 3
BRK 314
M 10–12, W 8–9
Tentative Schedule (Group 3)
Week 1 |
Jun. 4 |
Introduction Escape and Interpretive Literature Reading
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Week 2 | Jun. 9 |
Mapping the Action Reading
Discussion: plot: exposition, conflict, protagonist, antagonist, suspense, mystery, dilemma, surprise |
Jun. 11 |
Mapping Movement Reading
Discussion: plot: endings, artistic unity, time sequence, complication/rising action, crisis, climax, conclusion, resolution/denouement |
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Week 3 | Jun. 16 |
Plot Reading
Discussion: presentation of characters: direct and indirect presentation; show v. tell |
Jun. 18 |
Plot Reading
Discussion: character: static and developing characters, flat and round characters |
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Week 4 | Jun. 23 |
Characterization Reading
Discussion: character: consistency, motivation, plausibility |
Jun. 25 |
Characterization Reading
Discussion: characterization |
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Week 5 | Jun. 30 |
Characterization Reading
Discussion: characterization |
Jul. 2 |
Shapes of Character Reading
Discussion: characterization |
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Week 6 | Jul. 7 |
Point of View: Knowledge Reading
Discussion: point of view |
Jul. 9 |
Point of View: Tone, Style Reading
Discussion: irony Student-led Discussion 12: Pancharle and Piyawan |
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Week 7 | Jul. 14 |
Point of view Reading
Discussion: point of view |
Jul. 16 |
Point of View Reading
Discussion: point of view |
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Week 8 | Jul. 21 |
Test I and II (in class during our usual class time: BRK 313, 10–12; Test I will be on a short story that will be distributed a week before the test, and Test II will be on the novel Enduring Love by Ian McEwan; each test, covering plot, character and point of view, is an hour and worth 20 points; read through the tests and budget your time well) |
Jul. 23 |
Midterm Week (July 21–25, 2008) |
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Week 9 | Jul. 28 |
Things and Meaning 1 Reading
Discussion: irony, imagery, simile, metaphor, personification, onomatopoeia |
Jul. 30 |
Things and Meaning 2 Reading
Discussion: symbolism, imagery, irony, setting |
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Week 10 | Aug. 4 |
Things and Meaning 3 Reading
Discussion: symbolism, imagery, irony, setting |
Aug. 6 |
Things and Meaning 4 Reading
Discussion: symbolism, imagery, irony, setting |
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Week 11 | Aug. 11 |
Theme Reading
Discussion: themes: beginnings, narratives |
Aug. 13 |
Theme Reading
Discussion: themes |
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Week 12 | Aug. 18 |
Theme Reading
Discussion: themes |
Aug. 20 |
Theme Reading
Discussion: themes |
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Week 13 | Aug. 25 |
Theme Reading
Discussion: themes |
Aug. 27 |
Test III (in class during our usual class time: BRK 314, 8–9 a.m.) It will be on the short story "The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson. You can order a copy from the BRK Photocopy Center or download it from
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Week 14 | Sep. 1 |
Theme Reading
Discussion: themes |
Sep. 3 |
Theme Reading
Discussion: themes |
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Week 15 | Sep. 8 |
Review Discussion: short stories, Enduring Love, tests 1–3, final exam |
Sep. 10 |
Conference: Readings of Ian McEwan's Enduring Love (download detailed program as Word file)
Session 1: To Have or Not to Have Guilt: A Battle between Joe’s Morality and Instinct (Monchutha, Philailak, Sunisa)
Session 2: The Love of Joe Rose through Sternberg’s Triangle (Arthit, Navasorn, Apapan, Punyisa) |
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Week 16 | Sep. 15 |
Conference: Readings of Ian McEwan's Enduring Love
Session 3: Limited Freedom, Expanded Horizons: The Paradoxical Relationship between Joe Rose and Jed Parry (Nantamas, Nadchanok, Pornprom)
Session 4: Aftermath of the Balloon Incident: Reshaped Identities and Relationships (Boonyanut, Manita, Nunchanock, Narisara)
Potluck Lunch |
Sep. 17 |
Conference: Readings of Ian McEwan's Enduring Love Session 5: Judging Parry (Pansiri, Pimchanok, Pimphot, Prakaikaew)
Session 6: A Boomerang Character: The Unchanging Change of Parry (Narut, Natthaphong, Pongsanguan)
Final paper due, see some guidelines and sample papers below
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Sep. 22 |
Final Exam (8:30–10:30 a.m.)
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