Department of English
Faculty of Arts, Chulalongkorn University
2202374 Fiction and Fact in English
Prose
Puckpan Tipayamontri
Office: BRK 1106
Office Hours: M 1–3 and by appointment
Phone: 0-2218-4703
Section
5 (BRK 311)
W
8:00–9:30,
F 9:30–11:00
Tentative Schedule
*Indicates course packet reading
Week
1 |
Jan. 7 |
1:
Introduction Reading
Discussion: Genre expectations;
suspension of disbelief; reader faith; authorial
responsibility
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Jan.
10 |
2:
Points of Contact Reading
Discussion: Negotiating values;
cultural literacy; cultural rights and obligations;
hospitality etiquette (like Ancient Greek xenia?);
ideological assumptions; cross-cultural, generational
communication; identity; labels, labeling; stereotypes;
suggestiveness: denotations, connotations; personal bias;
conventions of fiction ex. unity, coherence (of style,
tone, focus), relevance, form; cosmopolitanism
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Week 2 |
Jan.
15 |
No class (Intervarsity Games: January 13–17,
2020)
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Jan.
17 |
No
class (Intervarsity Games: January 13–17, 2020)
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Week 3 |
Jan.
22 |
3: The
Spirit of Literature: How Do Stories Haunt You? Reading
Quiz
1
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Jan.
24 |
4:
Impact: Who Engenders What? Reading
Discussion:
Legacy; anxiety of influence; intertextuality; pop
culture references; literal and figurative play in
fiction and nonfiction; talent and the work of
writing; censorship, freedom to read and write; the
value, seriousness and depth of entertainment; defense
of the arts
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Week 4 |
Jan.
29 |
5:
Spinning Fictional Families Reading
Quiz 2
Follow
Me: Each student begins playing either or both of
the following games. You can play as many times as you
like. In Friday, February 7 class, tell us your best
number of followers.
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Jan.
31 |
6: What
Makes a Real Family? Reading
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Week 5 |
Feb.
5 |
7:
Social Media Life Reading
Discussion Leader:
Pitipohn
Quiz 3
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Feb.
7 |
8: Social Media Literacy Reading
Discussion:
Web harassment types and tricks; perpetrators and
victims; policies, regulations and punishment;
connection to research, marketing, economics, crime,
entertainment, and politics
Do
Not Track Experiment: Watch the personalized documentary with
and without customized information. On one watch or
episode, provide your information when prompted, on
another minimize doing so. How does this affect your
documentary experience?
Follow
Me: Follow up on game play results. After
playing either or both of the following games, what is
your best number of followers in a game?
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Week 6 |
Feb.
12 |
9: Age Appropriateness and Art Reading
Discussion Leaders:
Jittraporn and Yanisa
Quiz 4
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Feb.
14 |
10:
Age-Inappropriate Moments Reading
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Week 7 |
Feb.
19 |
11: Who
Am I? Reading
Quiz 5
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Feb.
21 |
12: Who
Do You Want to Be? Reading
Discussion:
Finding and knowing yourself; designing personal
plans; ambition; future conditions; planning for
the future; meanings of obstacles and failure;
coping with social and peer pressure; defining
success; types of values (ex. utilitarian,
aesthetic, monetary, spiritual); applicability and
relevance; liberal arts/foundational and
vocational education; cultural bias and cultural
literacy
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Week 8 |
Feb.
26 |
13:
Coming out of the Dark Reading
Quiz 6
Writing: Test 1 practice (Time yourself for 90 minutes responding to the prompts. Or, you can do the half-practice, which is time yourself for 40–45 minutes doing only one prompt.)
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Feb.
28 |
14:
Temptations and Control Reading
Substance Fact Check
Addiction Prone Personality Test
Discussion: Addictions;
vulnerabilities; role of substance use and abuse; myths
and facts of drinking, smoking, and drug use
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Week 9 |
Mar.
4 |
Test 1
(90
minutes, in-class, closed-book) You have the option of
writing your response in a booklet or typing it out
and e-mailing it to me. The prompt includes a list of
works for your reference.
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Mar.
6 |
No class
(Midterm week: March 2–6, 2020)
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Week 10 |
Mar.
11 |
15:
Death, Life, and Identity Reading
Quiz 7
Video
Discussion Testing
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Mar.
13 |
16:
Life, Death, and Identity Reading
Discovering
a Person
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Week 11 |
Mar.
18 |
17: Profiles of People Reading
Critical
Creative Writing: Write a "fancy sketch" or two or
five of Chula students à la Thompson-Spires as a reply to
this blog post. What does a Chula student
"see, hear, love, or imagine" (Laymon)?
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Mar.
20 |
18:
Stereotypical Blindspots Reading
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Week 12 |
Mar. 25 |
19:
Thinking As You Like It Reading
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Mar.
27 |
20: To
Be or Not to Be Oblivious Reading
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Week 13 |
Apr.
1 |
21:
Creating More Than Art about Creating More Than Art Reading
Presentation stories and blurbs
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.
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Apr.
3 |
22: The
Best of Various Worlds? Reading
Presentation stories selection results announced on the course webpage |
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Week 14 |
Apr.
8 |
23:
What Is Love? Reading
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Apr.
10 |
Test
2 (90 minutes; essay-type; covers material after midterm) Like in test 1, you will be given several questions, from which you will choose two to write an essay in response to. Read instructions carefully and follow them. Prompts will be posted on the course webpage at 9:30 a.m. Responses should reach my inbox when the 90 minutes are up (plus five minutes grace period). |
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Week 15 |
Apr.
14 |
Group presentation and paper
consultation (Sign up here. Click on your time link to go
to the meeting room.) 2:30: 2:40: 2:50: 3:00: Jittraporn and Yanisa 3:10: 3:20: 3:30: 3:40: 3:50: |
Apr. 15 | No class Group presentation and paper consultation (Sign up here. Click on your time link to go to the meeting room.) 8:00: 8:10: 8:20: 8:30: Panas and Phitchayawi 8:40: 8:50: 9:00: 9:10: 9:20: Napada and Fasai Group presentation schedule posted on the course webpage |
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Apr.
17 |
No class
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Week 16 |
Apr.
22 |
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. |
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Apr. 26 |
Student Presentations Groups give a 20–25-minute presentation on a pair of short work via Zoom to two instructors. |
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Week 17 | Apr. 29 | Final Exam paper 1 (90 minutes during class
time; open-book; essay-type) Like for test 2, prompts
will be posted on the course
webpage.
Responses should reach my inbox when the required time is
up, with five minutes grace period after 9:30 a.m. |
May
1 |
Final Exam paper 2 (90 minutes during
class time; open-book; essay-type) Prompts will be
posted on the course
webpage.
Responses should reach my inbox when time is up, with five
minutes grace period after 11:00 p.m. Group paper due (4–5 pp., MLA format; e-mail your group paper to your presentation instructors by 4 p.m.) Course comments and review: There are two avenues where you can give feedback about this course: the Chula CU-CAS official online teaching and learning assessment channel, and an informal one on our section Blackboard page. Please help us learn about what worked and didn't work this semester, what aspects of the course you particularly enjoyed, what you suggest we try next time, etc.
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