Department of English

Faculty of Arts, Chulalongkorn University


2202350  Selected Topics in English Literature

Amitav Ghosh

 

Puckpan Tipayamontri

Office: BRK 1106.1

Office Hours: M 13 and by appointment

Phone: 0-2218-4703

puckpan.t@chula.ac.th

 

MCS 501/6 (note room change)

F 912

 

Tentative Schedule

 

Week 1

Oct. 29

1

Reading

Week 2

Nov. 5

2

Reading

  • Amitav Ghosh, The Shadow Lines (1988) pp. 87–173

  • Salman Rushdie, Midnight's Children (1980) first two chapters

  • Frederick Luis Aldama, "An Interview with Amitav Ghosh" (2002)

Week 3

Nov. 12

3

Reading

  • Amitav Ghosh, The Shadow Lines (1988) pp. 173–end

  • Amitav Ghosh, "Four Corners" (1989)

  • Amitav Ghosh, "The Ghosts of Mrs. Gandhi" (1995)

  • S. P. Somtow, "Variations on an Indian Theme" (1989)

Week 4

Nov. 19

4

Reading

  • Amitav Ghosh, The Calcutta Chromosome (1995) beginning–Chapter 14

Week 5

Nov. 26

5

Reading

  • Amitav Ghosh, The Calcutta Chromosome (1995) Chapter 15–Chapter 30

  • Donna Haraway, "Fact and Fiction" (1989)

  • Amitav Ghosh, "The Global Reservation: Notes toward an Ethnography of International Peacekeeping" (1994)

Week 6

Dec. 3

6

Reading

  • Amitav Ghosh, The Calcutta Chromosome (1995) Chapter 31–end

Week 7

Dec. 10

No class (Constitution Day)

Week 8

Dec. 17

7

Reading

  • Amitav Ghosh, The Hungry Tide (2005) beginning–"Moyna"

Ghosh Studies Presentation: Ghosh in Criticism (Apichaya Kotaravivat)

Week 9

Dec. 24

8

Reading

  • Amitav Ghosh, The Hungry Tide (2005) "Crabs"–"A Pilgrimage"

  • Rabindranath Tagore, "The Hungry Stones" (1916)

Ghosh Studies Presentation: Ghosh in Education (Ming Panha)

Week 10

Dec. 31

No class (New Year's Eve)

Week 11

Jan. 7

9

Reading

  • Amitav Ghosh, The Hungry Tide (2005) "Destiny"–end

  • Hasan Ferdous and Horst Rutsch, "The Chronicle Interview" (2005)

Week 12

Jan. 14

No class (Intervarsity Games: January 10–23, 2010)

Week 13

Jan. 21

No class (Intervarsity Games: January 10–23, 2010)

Week 14

Jan. 28

10

Reading

  • Amitav Ghosh, Sea of Poppies (2008) beginning–Chapter 7 (end of Part I)

  • Amitav Ghosh, "Petrofiction: The Oil Encounter and the Novel" (1992)

Final paper progress critique

Writing help:

Week 15

Feb. 4

11

Reading

  • Amitav Ghosh, Sea of Poppies (2008) Chapter 8–Chapter 12

Discussion Leader

Week 16

Feb. 11

12

Reading

  • Amitav Ghosh, Sea of Poppies (2008) Chapter 13–Chapter 18

Discussion Leader

Week 17

Feb. 18

13

Reading

  • Amitav Ghosh, Sea of Poppies (2008) Chapter 19–end

Discussion Leader

Week 18

Feb. 25

Presentations and Review

  • 10-minute individual presentations

  • 10-minute question and answer sessions

If you are using PowerPoint for your presentation, these guidelines may help you design effective slides:

Presentation Schedule

1. "Religion in Sea of Poppies: Breaking Out of Social Norms," Apichaya Kotaravivat

9:00–9:20 a.m.

 

2. "Horror in The Calcutta Chromosome," Pansiri Rattanasuwan

9:25–9:45 a.m.

 

3. "How to Live in this World?: Ecocriticism of The Hungry Tide," Ming Panha

9:50–10:10 p.m.

 

4. "Transformation in Sea of Poppies," Naruporn Wuttijariyakul

10:15–10:35 p.m.

 

5. "Seeing Poppies," Pongsanguan Jiradechakul

10:40–11:00 p.m.

 

6. Potluck Brunch

9:00–11:50 p.m.

Brunch hosted by 2202350 class.

 

Final paper due (57 pp.)

 

Writing help:

 

 


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