Department of English
Faculty of Arts, Chulalongkorn University
2202344 Contemporary World Literature in
English
Puckpan Tipayamontri
Office: BRK (Boromrajakumari Building) room 1106
Office Hours: M 1–3 (from off campus, via Zoom Meeting Room) and by appointment
Phone: 0 2218 1780
T 2:30–4:00,
Th 9:30–11:00
Tentative Schedule
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Indicates syllabus reading
Week 1 |
Aug. 10 |
1:
The World of Literature Reading
Discussion:
The literary instinct; forms of literature and
storytelling; annotated reading
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Aug. 12 |
No class (Mother's Day) | |
Week 2 |
Aug. 17 |
2: Unpacking the Anglophone Reading
Discussion: The meaning of anglophone;
globalization and localization of English literature
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Aug. 19 |
3
Reading
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Week 3 |
Aug.
24 |
4: Contemporariness Reading
Discussion: Defining the contemporary
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Aug. 26 |
5 Reading
Discussion:
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Week 4 |
Aug. 31 |
6:
Mindscape Reading
Discussion:
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Sep. 2 |
7 Reading
Discussion:
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Week 5 |
Sep.
7 |
8: Hybridity Reading
Discussion:
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Sep. 9 |
9 Reading
Discussion:
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Week 6 |
Sep. 14 |
10: The Country and the City Reading
Discussion:
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Sep. 16 |
11 Reading
Discussion:
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Week 7 |
Sep. 21 |
12: Meetings
Reading
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Sep. 23 |
13
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Week 8 |
Sep. 28 |
No class (Midterm week: September 27–October 1, 2021)
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Sep. 30 |
(Midterm week: September 27–October 1, 2021) Test 1 (15 minutes for
thought and planning and 1 hour for writing) This is an
open-book essay-type online test. |
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Week 9 |
Oct.
5 |
14:
Experiments
Discussion:
Experimental literature; genre, form; native and
non-native Englishes
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Oct. 7 |
15:
Experiments
Reading
Discussion: Cultural
literacy and resonance; allegorical and intertextual
resources
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Week 10 |
Oct. 12 |
16:
Engagements
Reading
Discussion:
Fictional engagements with the world
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Oct. 14 |
17:
Engagements Reading
Discussion:
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Week 11 |
Oct.
19 |
18:
Engagements
Reading
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Oct. 21 |
No class (end of Buddhist Lent)
Reading
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Week 12 |
Oct. 26 |
19 Reading
Discussion:
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Oct. 28 |
20 Reading
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Week 13 |
Nov. 2 |
21: No Man's
Land Reading
Discussion: Migration; migrants;
expats; third space; borders; theatrical spaces and
dramatic communication
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Nov. 4 |
22:
No Man's Land Reading
Discussion: Cultural, linguistic and
population movement; communication; contact;
autobiographical elements; disability
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Week 14 |
Nov.
9 |
23: Prior
Texts Reading
Discussion: World and life; myths;
imaginative genesis; oral culture; predecessors; genres
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Nov. 11 |
24: Contexts Reading
Discussion:
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Week 15 |
Nov. 16 |
25:
Anthologizing the World Reading
Discussion:
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Nov. 18 |
26 Reading
Discussion:
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Week 16 |
Nov. 23 |
27: The Touch
of Literature Reading
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Nov. 25 |
28 Test 2 (online,
open-book; 9:35–10:50 a.m.: 1 hour for writing and 15
minutes for thought and proofreading; 30 points) The test
covers material from weeks 9–16. The prompt and
instructions are posted on our announcements page.
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Week 18 | Dec. 10 | Final paper due (3–5pp.) |
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