Week 1

Jun. 9

1

Reading

• Garcia Marquez, "Chapter 1," One Hundred Years of Solitude (1970)

• Salman Rushdie, "Chapter 1," Midnight's Children (1980)

• Amitav Ghosh, The Circle of Reason (1986) excerpts from Chapter 1 and 3

• "The Conscientious Objector," Outlook India (2001)

• Amitav Ghosh, "The March of the Novel through History: The Testimony of My Grandfather's Bookcase" (1998)

Week 2

Jun. 16

2

Reading

• Amitav Ghosh, The Shadow Lines (1988) beginning–p. 87 (study guide)

• Neluka Silva and Alex Tickell, "Amitav Ghosh in Interview with Neluka Silva and Alex Tickell" (1997)

Week 3

Jun. 23

3

Reading

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

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

Week 4

Jun. 30

4

Reading

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

• Amitav Ghosh, "Four Corners" (1989)

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

Reading response 1 due (1 p.)

Week 5

Jul. 7

No class (Commencement)

Week 6

Jul. 14

5

Reading

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

  • Amitav Ghosh, "The Imam and the Indian" (1986)

Week 7

Jul. 21

6

Reading

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

  • Amitav Ghosh, "On Arthur C. Clarke" (2001)

Week 8

Jul. 28

Midterm week (July 25–29, 2011)

7

Reading

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

Final paper topic discussion

Reading response 2 due (1 p.)

Week 9

Aug. 4

8

Reading

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

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

Week 10

Aug. 11

9

Reading

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

Locations in Place and Time Presentation: The Calcutta Chromosome (Ployjai)

Week 11

Aug. 18

10

Reading

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

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

Locations in Place and Time Presentation: The Hungry Tide (Warut)

Reading response 3 due (1 p.)

Week 12

Aug. 25

11

Reading

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

Locations in Place and Time Presentation: Sea of Poppies (Pinhathai)

Week 13

Sep. 1

12

Reading

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

Week 14

Sep. 8

13

Reading

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

Final paper progress critique

Writing help:

• Some Matters of Form (the writing and formatting of English papers; pdf file)

• Writing Prose (pdf file)

• Sources and Citation (pdf file)

Week 15

Sep. 15

14

Reading

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

Reading response 4 due (1 p.)

Week 16

Sep. 22

Presentations

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

• Developing Your PowerPoint Presentation

• 11 Commandments for PowerPoint

• Presentation Graphics: Do's and Don'ts

Schedule

1. Renaming in Sea of Poppies

1:00–1:20 a.m.

Speaker: Pinhathai Chunharas

2. Baboo Nob Kissin's Visible Transformation and Invisible Hand

1:25–1:45 a.m.

Speaker: Warut Vichanyuttanakul

3. The Significance of the Disordered in The Calcutta Chromosome

1:50–2:10 p.m.

Speaker: Ployjai Pintobtang

4. Potluck Lunch

1:00–3:50 p.m.

Lunch hosted by 2202350 class.

Final paper due  

• 5–7 pp.

• MLA format

Writing help:

• Some Matters of Form (the writing and formatting of English papers; pdf file)

• Writing Prose (pdf file)

• Sources and Citation (pdf file)

• The Elements of Style