Department of English
Faculty of Arts, Chulalongkorn University
2202618 The Modern American Novel
Puckpan Tipayamontri
Office: BRK 1106.1
Office Hours: W 13 and by appointment
Phone: 0 2218 4703
BRK 314
T 14
Tentative Schedule
Week 1 |
Jun. 2 |
Introduction: Creating Culture Reading |
Week 2 |
Jun. 9 |
Transatlantic Traffic Reading
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Week 3 |
Jun. 16 |
An Awakening Reading
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Week 4 |
Jun. 23 |
Lost and Found Reading
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Week 5 |
Jun. 30 |
Lost and Found Reading
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Week 6 |
Jul. 7 |
No class (Asalhapuja Day) |
Week 7 |
Jul. 14 |
William Faulkner, As I Lay Dying (1930) Reading
Discussion Leader: Thanis Bunsom |
Week 8 |
Jul. 21 |
William Faulkner, As I Lay Dying (1930) Reading
Discussion Leader: Supika Kamalanavin |
Week 9 |
Jul. 28 |
Zora Neale Hurston, Their Eyes Were Watching God (1937) Reading
Final paper progress critique |
Week 10 |
Aug. 4 |
Zora Neale Hurston, Their Eyes Were Watching God (1937) Reading
Discussion Leader: Santichai Preechaboonyarit |
Week 11 |
Aug. 11 |
Jack Kerouac, On the Road (1951) Reading
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Week 12 |
Aug. 18 |
N. Scott Momaday, House Made of Dawn (1968) Reading
Discussion Leader: Darintip Chansit |
Week 13 |
Aug. 25 |
Michael Cunningham, The Hours (1998) Reading
Discussion Leader: Preeyakit Buranasin |
Week 14 |
Sep. 1 |
Final Paper Presentation and Critique PowerPoint presentation guidelines: Writing help:
Sessions 1. Dawn in The Sun Also Rises and House Made of Dawn 1:001:20 p.m. Presiding: Darintip Chansit Speaker: Thanis Bunsom Respondents: 1. Santichai Preechaboonyarit 2. Supika Kamalanavin 3. Preeyakit Buranasin
2. Surveillance: The Cause That Drives Virginia and Richard to Suicide and Laura to Leave Her Family 1:251:35 p.m. Presiding: Santichai Preechaboonyarit Speaker: Preeyakit Buranasin Respondents: 1. Supika Kamalanavin 2. Darintip Chansit 3. Thanis Bunsom
3. The Absence of the Mother Figure and the Child's Struggle to Survive in The Hours 1:402:00 p.m. Presiding: Thanis Bunsom Speaker: Supika Kamalanavin Respondents: 1. Darintip Chansit 2. Preeyakit Buranasin 3. Santichai Preechaboonyarit
4. Self-Fulfillment in Winesburg, Ohio 2:052:25 p.m. Presiding: Supika Kamalanavin Speaker: Darintip Chansit Respondents: 1. Preeyakit Buranasin 2. Santichai Preechaboonyarit 3. Thanis Bunsom
5. Janie's True Self and Dream 2:302:50 p.m. Presiding: Preeyakit Buranasin Speaker: Santichai Preechaboonyarit Respondents: 1. Thanis Bunsom 2. Supika Kamalanavin 3. Darintip Chansit
6. Potluck 2:553:30 p.m. Spaghetti and soft drinks (Preeyakit); savory (Supika); wine (from The Sun Also Rises; Thanis); apple pie and ice-cream (the pie is homemade, the ice-cream isn't; in tribute to Sal Paradise's favorite food from On the Road; A. Puckpan); brownies (Darintip) |
Week 15 |
Sep. 8 |
Michael Cunningham, The Hours (1998) Reading
Discussion Leader: |
Week 16 |
Sep. 15 |
Review Final paper due (710 pp.)
Writing help:
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Week 17 |
Sep. 19 |
Final Exam (8:3011:30 a.m., BRK 314)
Review:
Exam help: |
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