Department of English
Faculty of Arts, Chulalongkorn University
2202232 Introduction to the Study of English Fiction
Puckpan Tipayamontri
Office: BRK 1106.1
Office Hours: M 1-3, W 3-4 or by appointment
Phone: 0 2218 4703
Group 3
BRK 313
M 10-12, W 8-9
Tentative Schedule (Group 3)
Week 1 |
Jun. 6 |
Introduction Escape and Interpretive Literature |
Week 2 | Jun. 11 |
Mapping the Action Reading
Discussion: plot: exposition, conflict, protagonist, antagonist, suspense, mystery, dilemma, surprise |
Jun. 13 |
Mapping the Emotion Reading
Discussion: plot: endings, artistic unity, time sequence, complication/rising action, crisis, climax, conclusion, resolution/denouement Student-led Discussion 1: |
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Week 3 | Jun. 18 |
Actors on the Page Reading
Discussion: presentation of characters: direct and indirect presentation; show v. tell Student-led Discussion 2: Papaporn and Panjaporn Student-led Discussion 3: |
Jun. 20 |
Actors after Freud: Characters with an Inner Life Reading
Discussion: character: static and developing characters, flat and round characters Student-led Discussion 4: |
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Week 4 | Jun. 25 |
Actors after Reader Response: Believable but Unreal Reading
Discussion: character: consistency, motivation, plausibility Student-led Discussion 5: Pritzana and Pleowadee Student-led Discussion 6: Pochamarn and Patcharanan |
Jun. 27 |
Actors Here and Now Reading
Discussion: characterization now Student-led Discussion 7: Plyor and Tanyalak |
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Week 5 | Jul. 2 |
Point of View: Knowledge Reading
Discussion: point of view: omniscient, limited omniscient, first-person Student-led Discussion 8: Navanat and Porncharas |
Jul. 4 |
Point of View: Tone, Style Reading
Discussion: point of view: second-person, third-person, objective or dramatic point of view, stream of consciousness Student-led Discussion 9: Nawaporn M. and Nawaporn P. Student-led Discussion 10: Papawarin and Tanadcha Handout: Writing Practice Topics (Word document) |
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Week 6 | Jul. 9 |
Things and Meaning I Reading
Discussion: symbolism Student-led Discussion 11: Handout: Writing Workshop Sheet (Word document) |
Jul. 11 |
Things and Meaning II Reading
Discussion: irony
Student-led Discussion 12: Pancharle and Piyawan |
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Week 7 | Jul. 16 |
Things and Feeling I Reading
Discussion: imagery, simile, metaphor, personification, onomatopoeia Student-led Discussion 13: Neeranuch and Naruporn Student-led Discussion 14: Pawinrat and Nasawan |
Jul. 18 |
Things and Feeling II Reading
Discussion: setting Student Project Preview 1: |
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Week 8 | Jul. 23 |
Test I and II (in class during our usual class time: BRK 313, 10-12; Test I will be on the short story "Saboteur" by Ha Jin, and Test II will be on the novel Amsterdam by Ian McEwan; each test, covering plot and character, is an hour and worth 25 points; read through the tests and budget your time well) |
Jul. 25 |
No Class (Midterm Week July 23-27, 2007) |
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Week 9 | Jul. 30 |
No Class (Buddhist Lent) |
Aug. 1 |
Theme Reading
Discussion: themes: modernity, change, nature, people, freedom Student-Led Discussion 15: Pleowadee and Pritzana |
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Week 10 | Aug. 6 |
Theme Reading
Discussion: themes: pride, human emotions
Final paper consultation sign-up |
Aug. 8 |
No Class (Universiade Opening Ceremony) |
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Week 11 | Aug. 13 |
No Class (Mother's Day Observed) |
Aug. 15 |
Novel Reading: Ian McEwan, Amsterdam Student Project Preview 3: |
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Week 12 | Aug. 20 |
No Class (official holiday) |
Aug. 22 |
Novel Reading: Ian McEwan, Amsterdam
Student Project Preview 4: Plyor and Tanyalak Student Project Preview 5: Papaporn and Panjaporn Student Project Preview 6: Navanat and Porncharas |
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Week 13 | Aug. 27 |
Novel Reading: Ian McEwan, Amsterdam Student Project Preview 2: Pleowadee and Pritzana Student Project Preview 7: Pancharle and Piyawan Student Project Preview 8: Papawarin and Tanadcha |
Aug. 29 |
Novel Reading: Ian McEwan, Amsterdam |
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Week 14 | Sep. 3 |
Novel Reading: Ian McEwan, Amsterdam Student Project Preview 9: Pochamarn and Patcharanan Student Project Preview 10: Nasawan and Pawinrat Student Project Preview 11: Nawaporn M. and Nawaporn P. Student Project Preview 12: |
Sep. 5 |
Test III (in class during our usual class time: BRK 313, 8-9 a.m. It will be on the short story "The Doll's House" by Katherine Mansfield. The story is ready for you to order at the BRK Photocopy Center) |
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Week 15 | Sep. 10 |
Novel Reading: Ian McEwan, Amsterdam Student Project Preview 13: Neeranuch and Naruporn |
Sep. 12 |
Final Paper/Project Presentation Final project or paper due, 7-10 pages (see some sample papers below)
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Week 16 | Sep. 17 |
Final Paper/Project Presentation |
Sep. 19 |
Final Paper/Project Presentation |
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Sep. 24 |
Final Exam (8:30-10:30 a.m.) |
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