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

puckpan.t@chula.ac.th

 

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

  • Plot (pages 1-2 in coursebook)

Discussion: plot: endings, artistic unity, time sequence, complication/rising action, crisis, climax, conclusion, resolution/denouement

Student-led Discussion 1:

Handout: Sample Student Reading Response and Study Guide

Week 3 Jun. 18

Actors on the Page

Reading

  • Character (pages 2-3 in coursebook)

  • Ian McEwan, Amsterdam, to page 17

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

  • Ian McEwan, Amsterdam, 18-26

Discussion: character: static and developing characters, flat and round characters

Student-led Discussion 4:

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

  • Ian McEwan, Amsterdam, 51-57

Discussion: characterization now

Student-led Discussion 7: Plyor and Tanyalak

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

  • Ian McEwan, Amsterdam, 93-104

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)

Week 6 Jul. 9

Things and Meaning I

Reading

  • Ian McEwan, Amsterdam, 105-30

Discussion: symbolism

Student-led Discussion 11

Handout: Writing Workshop Sheet (Word document)

Jul. 11

Things and Meaning II

Reading

  • Ian McEwan, Amsterdam, 133-44

Discussion: irony

Student-led Discussion 12: Pancharle and Piyawan

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

  • Ian McEwan, Amsterdam, 170-78

Discussion: setting

Student Project Preview 1

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)

Week 9 Jul. 30

No Class (Buddhist Lent)

Aug. 1

Theme

Reading

  • T. F. Powys, "Lie Thee Down, Oddity" (Notes and Study Guide)

    • "John Gray on T F Powys" (2001 article in New Statesman; profiles writer Theodore Powys, retreat of Powys from the modern world, setting of his tales, literary influences of Powys)

  • Genesis chapter 1-3 (read closely especially Chapter 1 verses 2, 6-7, 11-12; Chapter 2: 5, 7-8, 15, 18; Chapter 3: 1, 23 for connections to the short story)

  • The Pilgrim's Progress excerpts (the part where the Giant Despair and his fits are mentioned are in Excerpt 5 toward the end; for the full text of the book, go to Bartleby)

Discussion: themes: modernity, change, nature, people, freedom

Student-Led Discussion 15: Pleowadee and Pritzana

Week 10 Aug. 6

Theme

Reading

  • T. F. Powys, "Lie Thee Down, Oddity" (Notes and Study Guide)

    • "John Gray on T F Powys" (2001 article in New Statesman; profiles writer Theodore Powys, retreat of Powys from the modern world, setting of his tales, literary influences of Powys)

  • Genesis chapter 1-3 (read closely especially Chapter 1 verses 2, 6-7, 11-12; Chapter 2: 5, 7-8, 15, 18; Chapter 3: 1, 23 for connections to the short story)

  • The Pilgrim's Progress excerpts (the part where the Giant Despair and his fits are mentioned are in Excerpt 5 toward the end; for the full text of the book, go to Bartleby)

Discussion: themes: pride, human emotions

 

Final paper consultation sign-up

Aug. 8

No Class (Universiade Opening Ceremony)

Week 11 Aug. 13

No Class (Mother's Day Observed)

Aug. 15

Novel

Reading: Ian McEwan, Amsterdam

Student Project Preview 3

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

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

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)

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)

Week 16 Sep. 17

Final Paper/Project Presentation

Sep. 19

Final Paper/Project Presentation

Sep. 24

Final Exam (8:30-10:30 a.m.)

 

 


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