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Week 1 |
Aug. 14 |
No class (Mother's Day
observed)
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Ways of Reading
1: Introduction: Texts, Tools, Tastes and Conventions Reading
Weekly 1 
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Week 2 |
Aug. 21 |
2: Why
Plot? Reading
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Aug. 23 |
3:
Driving a Narrative: Techniques and Choices Reading
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Week 3 |
Aug. 28 |
4:
Expectations: Form Reading
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| Aug. 30 | 5: Expectations: Character Reading
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| Aug. 31 | Play:
(7:30 p.m., Sodsai Pantoomkomol Center for Dramatic
Arts) Martin McDonagh, The Pillowman (2003; study
guide) |
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| Sep. 1 | Play:
(7:30 p.m., Sodsai Pantoomkomol Center for Dramatic
Arts) Martin McDonagh, The Pillowman (2003; study
guide) |
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Sep. 2 |
Play:
(2:00 p.m., Sodsai Pantoomkomol Center for Dramatic
Arts) Martin McDonagh, The Pillowman (2003; study
guide)
Post-Performance
Discussion: (5:00 p.m., Sodsai
Pantoomkomol Center for Dramatic Arts) with the
director |
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Week 4 |
Sep. 4 |
6:
Making Connections: Dialogue Reading
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| Sep. 6 | 7: Making Connections: The Mental and the
Physical Reading
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| Sep. 8 |
Play: (7:30 p.m., Sodsai Pantoomkomol Center for Dramatic Arts) David Drake, The Night Larry Kramer Kissed Me (1994) [sold out] | |
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Sep. 9 |
Play: (2:00
p.m. and 7:30 p.m., Sodsai Pantoomkomol Center
for Dramatic Arts) David Drake, The Night Larry Kramer
Kissed Me (1994; sign up for a ticket at the Drama
Arts Office, BRK 809)
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Week 5 |
Sep. 11 |
8:
Symbolic Things
*Reading
response 1 due (Prompt: "'First rule of
storytelling,'" says Katurian in The Pillowman,
"'Don't believe everything you read in the papers'" (28).
Choose one thing we shouldn't believe in in one of the
works thus far and explain how not believing it
is important in reading the story.)
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Sep. 13 |
9: Symbolic Acts Reading
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Week 6 |
Sep. 18 |
10: The Language of Live Theater: Production, Direction, Performance, and Meaning Reading
*Quiz
2 (unseen story given on the quiz paper; one of
the questions will ask you to compare an aspect of
this story with that of one of the works on the
syllabus we have read; it will be helpful to
familiarize yourself with literary terms at the
back of your course packet if you have not already
done so)
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Sep. 20 |
11: Reading Small and Reading Big: Scenes and Structure Reading
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Week 7 |
Sep. 25 |
12:
Themes and Interactive Meanings Reading
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Sep. 27 |
13:
Themes and Contextual Meanings Reading
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Week 8 |
Oct. 2 |
*Test 1 It
is helpful to take a few minutes to plan an outline before
writing your essays. Formulate a thoughtful thesis/point
in responding to the question that allows you to address
effectively the requirements of the prompt. The most
coherent and logical organization of your response may not
be to answer every single question in the prompt cluster
in order and separately. Bullet points are not proper
paragraph or essay form. Cite specific acts, scenes,
lines, or words to illustrate and support your points and
claims. You will want to show us your critical and
analytical skills: demonstrate that you have read closely
and understood the material, that you can critically
engage with that material, with discussion in class and
outside of class, and with the test question, that you can
synthesize material and knowledge gained, and that you can
write clear and effective prose. Give your essay a title
if you like.
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Oct. 4 |
*Test
2
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Week 9 |
Oct. 9 |
Reading
and Writing: Academic Conversation Reading
Discussion:
poetic occasions, poetic language, literal and
figurative language; prose
paraphrase; metaphor,
simile,
rhyme,
rhyme scheme, pun, personification
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Oct. 11 |
15:
Verbal Ambiguity Reading
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Week 10 |
Oct. 16 |
16:
Repetition and Movement Reading
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Oct. 18 |
17:
Patterns and Movement Reading
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Week 11 |
Oct. 23 |
No class
(Chulalongkorn Memorial Day)
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Oct. 25 |
Landscapes Old and New
18: Two
in One: Allusion and Textual Extension Reading
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Week 12 |
Oct. 30 |
19: The
Drama of Sonnets Reading
Discussion: the sonnet form, types of
sonnets, structure of the sonnet, rhyme scheme, scansion
(foot, meter, line), quatrain, couplet, types of rhyme,
irony, word play, puns, double entendre, persona; the
sonnet and Shakespeare
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Nov. 1 |
20: The
Narrative of Sonnets
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Week 13 |
Nov. 6 |
21:
Landscape and Mindscape Reading
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Nov. 8 |
22:
Place and Superplace Reading
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Week 14 |
Nov. 13 |
23:
Utopia Reading
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Nov. 15 |
24:
Tilting at Windmills: History and Fairy Story Reading
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Week 15 |
Nov. 20 |
25:
Writing and Rewriting
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Nov. 22 |
26:
Dystopia Reading
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Week 16 |
Nov. 27 |
Schedule
1.
Inspecting Death in “The Lottery” and Animal Farm 4. “Death Maintains Power,” Patthamol Jewjinda 5.
“Death and Political Power,” Koranich Phienudomkitlert Respondents:
1. Supitcha Inprasit 2.
Pusanisa Chainam 3.
Nathaporn Songsawas 4.
Manutsawee Hormthip 5.
Monthakarn Ritthirak 2.
Inspecting Equality in Animal Farm Respondents:
1. Kankamon Songrawi 2. Narumol Choochan 3.
Patthamol Jewjinda 3.
Inspecting Contexts for Daring Literature Respondents: 1. Sukapinya Titasamanont 2. Niramit Praditvong 3. Praewa Phanpao 4.
Chayapol Khaphaeng |
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Nov. 29 |
Schedule
4.
Theme Potluck Breakfast 5.
Tracking the Word Comrade in Animal Farm 3. “Comrades as the Superior,” Pusanisa Chaiam 4. “The Inconsistency and Power of
Comrades,” Nitchakarn Chantarapratin Respondents:
1. Thanaporn Panupaisal 2. Koranich Phienudomkitlert 3. Natthaporn Promdornchart 4.
Suntisuk Prabunya 3. “Adverbs and Verbs,” Narumol Choochan 4. “Graphics,” Janthakan Lankam 5. “Imagery,” Manutsawee Hormthip Respondents: 1. Sasina Tangphitthayawet 2. Pakrada Deepradub 3. Chosita Dokput 4. Atisit Anugoolpriboon 5.
Suvapat Palang 3. “Stanzas 6–9: The Landlord,” Sasina Tangphitthayawet 4.
“Stanzas 6–9: The Tenant,” Praewa Phanpao Respondents: 1. Nitchakarn Chanrarapratin 2. Ravita Buaphuan 3. Janthakan Lankam 4. Chanya Hempornwisan
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Week 17 |
Dec. 4 |
There are
three essay questions in the final exam: two on poems and
the graphic short story and one on Animal Farm.
One of the poem questions will ask you to choose poems
from two sets of titles to focus on in your response. The
Animal Farm question includes three quotes that you
may use in your discussion.
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