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 501/12

Th 14

 

Tentative Schedule

 

Week 1

Jun. 9

1

Reading

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

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

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

Week 10

Aug. 11

9

Reading

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

Locations in Place and Time PresentationThe 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 PresentationThe 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 PresentationSea 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:

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:

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  

  • 57 pp.

  • MLA format

Writing help:

 

 


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