Department of English

Faculty of Arts, Chulalongkorn University



2202234  Introduction to the Study of English Literature

 

Puckpan Tipayamontri

Office: BRK 1106

Office Hours: M 13 and by appointment

Phone: 0-2218-4703

puckpan.t@chula.ac.th

 

Section 3 (BRK 309)

M 9:3011:00, W 89:30

 

Tentative Schedule

Week 1

Aug. 11

No class (first semester classes begin Wednesday, August 13, 2014)

Aug. 13

Studying Literature: Tools, Genres, Conventions


1: The Stories That Stories Tell: Close Reading  

Reading

Discussion: What does studying literature entail?; what is literature?; Englishes; what is reading?; ways of reading; the narrative tradition; short fiction; literal and figurative language; diction: denotation, connotation; plot; character

Week 2

Aug. 18

2: Language and Meaning in Fiction: Literary Conventions 

Reading

Discussion: academic conventions in studying literature: then and now; point of view and knowledge, mood, tone, voice, irony; diction

Aug. 20

3: Crafting a World: Techniques and Choices 

Reading

Discussion: creation and effects of point of view on character, setting

Week 3

Aug. 25

4: Fiction and Reality  

Reading

Discussion: truth and fiction; plot; setting (time and place); allegory; fallacies

Aug. 27

5:  

Reading

Discussion: theme; style; irony

Week 4

Sep. 1

Reading Big and Small: Structure, Ideas, Practice


6: Text and Performance

Reading

Discussion: the language of drama: what makes meaning in a play?
 
*
Reading Response 1 due

Sep. 3

7: The Shape of an Idea

Reading

Discussion: coherence, unity in structure and ideas; plot (conflict, revelation, pace); character (dimension, motivation)

Week 5

Sep. 8

8: Inspiration and Execution  

Reading

Discussion: meaning of crucible and how it plays throughout the play

Students perform act 1 from p. 39 ("PARRIS. Betty! Answer Mr. Hale! Betty!") to curtain

Sep. 10

9:  

Reading

  • *Arthur Miller, The Crucible (1953; study guide) act 2
    • Olga Carlisle and Rose Styron, "Arthur Miller," The Art of Theater No. 2, The Paris Review 38 (1966 interview)
    • Christopher Bigsby, "Arthur Miller," The Art of Theater No. 2, Part 2, The Paris Review 152 (1999 interview)
Discussion: enacted stories and performed descriptions: characterization and plot development

Week 6

Sep. 15

10:  

Reading

  • *Arthur Miller, The Crucible (1953; study guide) act 3
Discussion: narrative; drama; character, consistency, motivation, plausibility; irony
 
*
Quiz 1 (on The Crucible)

Students perform act 3 from p. 104 ("DANFORTH. Come here, woman") to curtain

Sep. 17

11:  

Reading

*Reading Response 2 due


Week 7

Sep. 22

12: Review: Mock Exam and Discussion

Reading

  • Coursebook
  • Arthur Miller, The Crucible

Sep. 24

13: Review: Literary Guesstures

Reading

  • Coursebook
  • Arthur Miller, The Crucible

Week 8

Sep. 29

Midterm Exam part 1 (Midterm week: September 29–October 3, 2014)
 
(9:30–10:30 a.m., in class) The midterm consists of identification and essay-type questions, covering material from the beginning of the semester up to and including The Crucible. Part 1 includes identification and an essay. In the ID section, you will be given excerpts from the short stories and plays (these might be a word, a phrase or a passage). You should be able to identify the title and author of the work, literary devices used, who the speaker is, to whom he/she is speaking, the situation in which the quote occurs, and the significance of the quote. The first essay prompt will require you to discuss at least two works of the three short stories and one short play we have read.


It is helpful to take a few minutes to plan an outline before writing your essays. Formulate a thoughtful thesis/argument in responding to the question that allows you to address effectively the requirements of the prompt. For each prompt, you do not need to answer every single question in the cluster in order and separately. The multiple questions are there to help you think about the topic. Cite specific acts, scenes, lines, or words in support of your argument. 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 with the test question, that you can synthesize material and knowledge gained, and that you can write clear and effective prose. Give your essays a title if you like.

Oct. 1

Midterm Exam part 2 (Midterm week: September 29–October 3, 2014)
 
(8:15–9:15 a.m., in class) This second part to the midterm requires you to write an essay on The Crucible in response to a prompt given. It is helpful to take a few minutes to plan an outline before writing your essay. Formulate a thoughtful thesis/argument in responding to the question that allows you to address effectively the requirements of the prompt. For each prompt, you do not need to answer every single question in the cluster in order and separately. The multiple questions are there to help you think about the topic. Cite specific acts, scenes, lines, or words in support of your argument. 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 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.


Week 9

Oct. 6

Reading and Writing: Academic Conversation

 
15: Love Less Ordinary

Reading

Discussion: theme; style; imagery; convention and invention; managing expectation

Oct. 8

16: Loss

Reading

Discussion: form and content; movement in poetry; overstatement, understatement

Week 10

Oct. 13

17: To Love or Not to Love

Reading

Discussion: the sonnet form; Shakespearean sonnets; pun; rhyme

Oct. 15

18: Loving Art and Life

Reading

Discussion: rhyme scheme; theme; symbol

Week 11

Oct. 20

19: Bleeding Love

Reading

Discussion: the ballad form; effects of repetition, rhyme

Oct. 22

20:

Reading

Discussion: diction; function of allusion, diction, oxymoron, rhyme; form and content

Week 12

Oct. 27

Narrative Long Form: A Forum of Ideas

21:

Reading

Discussion:

Oct. 29

22:

Reading

  • *F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby (1925; study guide) chapters1–2 [pp. 1–28]
Discussion: relationships
 
Developing an Argument Exercise

Week 13

Nov. 3

23:

Reading

  • *F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby (1925; study guide) chapters 3–4 [pp. 29–60]


Discussion:
 
*Quiz 2 (on The Great Gatsby)

Nov. 5

24:

Reading

  • *F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby (1925; study guide) chapters 5–6 [pp. 61–85]
Discussion:

Week 14

Nov. 10

25: Narrative Style and Technique

Reading

  • *F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby (1925; study guide) chapter 7 [pp. 86–112]
Discussion:

Nov. 12

26:

Reading

  • *F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby (1925; study guide) chapters 8–9 [pp. 113–40]
Discussion:

Week 15

Nov. 17

Review: Mock Exam and Discussion

Reading

  • *Coursebook
  • *F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby (1925; study guide)
Discussion: preparing for essay exams; planning an essay response; tricks and techniques
 
*Reading Response 3 due (2 pp.)

Nov. 19

Review: Literary Jeopardy

Reading

  • *Coursebook
  • *F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby (1925; study guide)

Week 16

Sep. 24

Presentations

  • If you are planning to use PowerPoint, make sure it is compatible with Microsoft PowerPoint 2003 version. Also embed or include files of any nonstandard fonts that are in your presentation.
  • Let me know of any other audiovisual needs by 4 p.m. Friday, November 21, 2014.
  • 5-minute individual presentations (15–20 minutes per panel) followed by a 10-minute question and answer session

Tentative schedule (download pdf of program)


1.  Chasing Dreams
9:30–9:55 a.m.
Presiding: Lanlalit Srisathapornphat
Speakers:
1.  “Two Upper Classes in The Great Gatsby,” Sariya Plengsang
2.  “Is It All about Money in The Great Gatsby?,” Natsirin Satjawong

3.  “From Nothing to Nothing,” Suchanart Chaisiri

Respondent 1: Sunadda Samana
Respondent 2: Rujarada Chiochanchai
Respondent 3: Kanokwan Chaocharoen

 

2.  "Many Curious Natures"
10:00–10:25 a.m.
Presiding: Pitunipha Promprayoon
Speakers:
1. 
“Voice Full of Money: Hidden Agenda,” Natchaya Panyaisomboon
2.  “Daisy: Passionately Shallow Lady,” Sudthida Thaviyonchai

3. 
“Homosexual Implication in Nick Carraway,” Krittiya Veeravisan

Respondent 1: Areeya Konglapumnuay
Respondent 2: Sariya Plengsang
Respondent 3: Sarunya  Sanguansak

 

3.  Driving toward Death
10:30–10:55 a.m.
Presiding: Natsirin Satjawong
Speakers:
1. 
“Three Innocent Lives Dead,” Supa-anan Prasansaph
2.  “Gatsby’s Funeral,” Mookdapa Yangyuenpradorn

3.  “Effects from Tragedy,” Kanokwan Chaocharoen

Respondent 1: Natchaya Panyaisomboon
Respondent 2: Krittiya Veeravisan
Respondent 3: Lanlalit Srisathapornphat

Nov. 26

Presentations


Tentative schedule (download pdf of program)


4.  Theme Potluck Breakfast
8:00–9:25 a.m.
Theme potluck breakfast hosted by section 3. Currently on the
menu: porter,  fruiterer oranges, blue garden party mini sausage rolls, Daisy and Tom's untouched plate of fried chicken, Mrs. Wright's cherry preserves and interrupted bread, "Valentine" onion snacks, "the juice of two hundred oranges."
 

5.  The Art of The Great Gatsby
8:00–8:25 a.m.
Presiding: Krittiya Veeravisan

Speakers:
1.  “The Valley of Ashes,” Pitunipha Promprayoon

2.  “Author and Painter,” Sarunya Sanguansak

3.  “Weather Forecast,” Sunadda Samana

Respondent 1: Natsirin Satjawong
Respondent 2: Sudthida Thaviyonchai

Respondent 3: Mookdapa Yangyuenpradorn
 
6.
Great Scott!
8:30–8:55 a.m.
Presiding: Sarunya Sanguansak

Speakers:
1. 
“The Great (?) Gatsby,” Rujarada Chiochanchai
2. 
“The Great Nick: How He Manages to Judge without Speaking Aloud,” Areeya Konglapumnuay

3.  “On Behalf of Foul Dust and Tragic Dreams,” Lanlalit Srisathapornphat

Respondent 1: Pitunipha Promprayoon
Respondent 2: Supa-anan  Prasansaph

Respondent 3: Suchanart Chaisiri

Week 17

Dec. 1

Final Exam (8:30–11:30 a.m.)  The final covers material from the second half of the semester and includes three parts: 1 unseen poem, 2 the poems on the syllabus, and 3 The Great Gatsby. For part 1, expect to be asked to scan lines of the poem (so review scansion in the coursebook and supplement it with online and library resources if you need extra explanation and practice), and to write a short essay in response to a prompt on the poem like we practiced in class. In part 2 you will be asked to discuss different poems we have read in conjunction with each other. Part 3 consists of just one essay-type question so be prepared to think creatively on your feet and discuss thoughtfully and critically at length and with reasonable depth about issues and aspects that the prompt asks of you on the novel.

 
The essay prompts for all three parts may consist of several questions but what the entire prompt does is give you a topic with a scope. You should formulate an idea that you will elaborate on and discuss in response to that topic within that scope, and structure your essay around your idea, citing specific acts, scenes, lines, words or information to illustrate and support the points you are making. Again, you do not need to answer every single question in the prompt cluster in order and separately because then the structure of the resulting essay will not necessarily be appropriate to your discussion. Rather, your writing should be designed as a coherent unified piece, not unconnected answers to different questions strung together or a bulleted list. The multiple questions are there to help you brainstorm on the topic and to spark critical engagement with it. You should draw on your own close reading of the material, your notes, your discussion about it in and outside of class, and relevant reading and research you have done. Think critically about the material we have encountered and be prepared to think critically on the topic prompted by the test question as well. When writing, follow academic conventions (ex. MLA style citations) and try to be as legible, clear, effective, and compelling as you can. Rest well, eat clean good food, arrive at least fifteen minutes before exam time, and make sure your student ID, watch, and writing implements are in order. Good luck!

 

 


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