Department of English

Faculty of Arts, Chulalongkorn University



2202374  Fiction and Fact in English Prose

 

Puckpan Tipayamontri

Office: BRK 1106

Office Hours: M 13 and by appointment

Phone: 0-2218-4703

puckpan.t@chula.ac.th

 

Instructors

* indicates course coordinator

Puckpan TipayamontriMichael Crabtree*

Office: BRK 1104

Office Hours:

Phone: 0 2218 4701

crabtree@chula.ac.th

 

Section 1

BRK 307

Ingo Peters
Office: BRK 1131
Office Hours:
Phone: 0 218 4729
ingo_at_chula@yahoo.com 

 

Section 2

BRK 308

Tony O'Neill
Office: BRK 1116
Office Hours:
Phone: 0 2218 4714
tony.o@chula.ac.th

 

Section 3

BRK 309

Sani Chartudomdej

Office: BRK 1125

Office Hours:

Phone: 0 2218 4723

sani.c@chula.ac.th

 

Section 4

BRK 310

Puckpan Tipayamontri

Office: BRK 1106

Office Hours: M 1–3 and by appointment

Phone: 0 2218 4703

puckpan.t@chula.ac.th

 

Section 5

BRK 311

 

 

Tentative Schedule

*Indicates course packet reading

Week 1

Jan. 7

1: Introduction 

Reading

Jan. 10

2

Reading

Week 2

Jan. 15

No class (Intervarsity Games: January 13–17, 2020)

Jan. 17

No class (Intervarsity Games: January 13–17, 2020)

Week 3

Jan. 22

3   

Reading

Discussion Leaders:
 
Quiz 1

Jan. 24

4

Reading

Week 4

Jan. 29

5

Reading

Discussion Leaders:
 
Quiz 2

Jan. 31

6

Reading

Week 5

Feb. 5

7

Reading

  • *Ella Martinsen Gorham, "Protozoa," New England Review, vol. 39, no. 4 (2018)
  • Emily Mitchell, "Ella Martinsen Gorham," Interview, New England Review (2019)
Discussion Leaders:
 
Quiz 3

Feb. 7

8  

Reading

Week 6

Feb. 12

 

Reading

Discussion Leaders:
 
Quiz 4

Feb. 14

10  

Reading

  • *Jeffrey Eugenides, "Walkabout," The New Yorker (2007)
  • Walkabout, directed by Nicolas Roeg (1971 film; trailer, 2:01 min.)

Week 7

Feb. 19

11

Reading

Discussion Leaders:
 
Quiz 5

Feb. 21

12

Reading

Week 8

Feb. 26

13

Reading

Discussion Leaders:

 

Quiz 6

Feb. 28

14

Reading

Week 9

Mar. 4

Test 1
(90 minutes, in-class) 374 test 1

Mar. 6

No class (Midterm week: March 2–6, 2020) 

Week 10

Mar. 11

15

Reading

  • *T. C. Boyle, "Admiral," Stories II (2005)
Discussion Leaders:
 
Quiz 7

Mar. 13

16

Reading

Week 11

Mar. 18

17

Reading

Discussion Leaders:

Mar. 20

18

Reading

Week 12

Mar. 25

19

Reading

  • *Weike, Wang, "Omakase," The New Yorker (2018)
Discussion Leaders:

Mar. 27

20

Reading

Week 13

Apr. 1

21

Reading

Discussion Leaders:

Presentation stories and synopses posted on the course webpage. Groups e-mail your first three preferences to acharn Michael Crabtree at crabtree@chula.ac.th by 4 p.m. on Friday, April 3.

Apr. 3

22

Reading

Group story selection due 4 p.m. (E-mail your group's first three fiction preferences to acharn Michael Crabtree at crabtree@chula.ac.th.)

Presentation stories selection results announced on the course webpage

Week 14

Apr. 8

23

Reading

Discussion Leaders:

Apr. 10

Test 2

(90 minutes; essay-type)  The prompt is posted on the course webpage and here 374 test 2 at 9:30 a.m. E-mail your response to your section instructor (or via another indicated platform) when the 90 minutes are up. There is a grace period of five minutes for your mail to reach your instructor's inbox.

Week 15

Apr. 15

No class


Group presentation schedule posted on the course webpage

Apr. 17

No class

Week 16

Apr. 22

Student Presentations

Groups give a 20–25-minute presentation on a pair of short work via Zoom to two instructors.

Apr. 24 Student Presentations

Groups give a 20–25-minute presentation on a pair of short work via Zoom to two instructors.

Apr. 26

Student Presentations

Groups give a 20–25-minute presentation on a pair of short work via Zoom to two instructors.

Week 17 Apr. 29 Final Exam paper 1
(90 minutes during class time; open-book; essay-type)  The final consists of two papers, the first on Wednesday, April 29 and the second on Friday, May 1 during class time. Both are cumulative, covering material throughout the semester. Like in the tests, you are asked to write two essays in a 90-minute period. Paper 1 will be posted on the course webpage and here Final exam paper 1 on Wednesday at 8:00 a.m. At 9:30 a.m., please e-mail your responses to your instructor. There is a grace period of five minutes for your file to reach their inbox.
May 1
Final Exam paper 2
(90 minutes during class time; essay-type) Prompts will be posted on the course webpage and here 374 final exam paper 2 a little before 9:30 a.m. Responses should reach your section instructors' e-mail inbox at 11:00 a.m. plus five minutes grace time.

Group paper due (4–5 pp.; e-mail your group paper to your presentation instructors by 4 p.m.)

 

 


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