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Jan. 19 - Introduction 24 - Pat Barker, Ghost Road ------>Group 1 commentaries due in class 31 - Barker (+ excerpts from Ronald Paul,"Regeneration and the First World War" and 7 - Sadaat Hasan Manto, "Toba Tekh Singh" (xerox) + Bapsi Sidhwa, Cracking India (1988) Sidhwa interview; maps of Lahore, India, Pakistan; Sidhwa bio +; cast of characters ------->Group 1 commentaries due in class  Sidhwa at Emory Pakistan Pakistan Virtual Library 9 - Sidhwa + Scenes from Deepha Mehta's Earth 1947 (film based on Cracking India) 14 - Sidhwa-------->Group 2 commentaries due in class [16 - cancelled class] 21 - Sidhwa (final)------>Group 3 commentaries due in class; Toni Morrison, The Song of Solomon ----------->Group 1 commentaries due in class 23 - Morrison (to p. 151) -------->Group 2 commentaries due in class Annina's Toni Morrison Page Fly Away - The Great Migration 28 - Morrison --------->Group 3 commentaries due in class March 2 - Morrison 7 - Don DeLillo, Mao II ---------->Group 1 commentaries due in class  THE MAO CULT (© Stefan R. Landsberger) 9 - DeLillo ------->Group 2 commentaries due in class [SPRING BREAK: MARCH 10 - 19] 21 - DeLillo------->Group 3 commentaries due in class 28 - Research Proposals Due (by Thursday, at the latest) 30 - Madden -------->Group 2 commentaries due in class Apr. 4 - Madden --------------->Group 3 commentaries due in class
6 - Zakes Mda, The Madonna of Excelsior -----> Group 1 commentaries due in class 11 - Mda 18 - Complete draft of 8-10 pp. PAPER DUE IN CLASS Peer Reviews in Class 20 - Mda 25 - Senior Exercise presentations. Revised 8-10 pp. paper due 27- Abstracts and portfolios due. Oral presentations, based on research papers. May 2 - Oral presentations, based on research papers. Do evaluations. |
Group 2 commentaries due in class