Fiction and Fact in English Prose | Chulalongkorn University

Announcements	! Establishing Communication: On or before August 3, submit your student contact information for this course here. ! First Day of Class: Class begins on Friday, August 14, 2020 in room BRK 314. ! Class Sessions: Unless otherwise indicated, all class sessions will be held in-person in BRK 314. ! Course Material: Readings for the course are downloadable from the required texts list below and/or, if you prefer hard copies, available for purchase from khun On (Call 09 2621 0992 to order your copy). Her shop is near the security desk of Maha Vajirunhis Building (yellow starred on the map), Faculty of Science (hours: M–F 8–5).
Course Outline	Class Time: W 8:00–9:30, F 9:30–11:00 Required Texts (Click on the work link to download PDF files.) Week 1 (Aug. 14): Frey, A Million Little Pieces excerpt Week 2 (Aug. 19): Eggers, "The Man at the River," Davis, Five Short Stories (Aug. 21): Hill, "Late Returns" Week 3 (Aug. 26): Hill, "Who's Your Daddy?" (Aug. 28): Hadley, "Bad Dreams" Week 4 (Sep. 2): Jamison, "In the Shadow of a Fairy Tale" (Sep. 4): Gorham, "Protozoa" Week 5 (Sep. 9): Tran, "I Won't Be Marginalized," Reid, "Sadfishing" (Sep. 11): Angel, "Snuff" Week 6 (Sep. 16): Eugenides, "Walkabout" (Sep. 18): Sayrafiezadeh, "Audition" Week 7 (Sep. 23): Sugar, "The Future," Butler, "Positive Obsession" (Sep. 25): Moshfegh, "Bettering Myself" Week 8 (Sep. 30): Koul, "Dry January," Wang, "Ottessa Moshfegh" Week 10 (Oct. 14): Boyle, "Admiral" (Oct. 16): Tizon, "Lola's Story" Week 11 (Oct. 21): Thompson-Spires, "Heads of the Colored People" Week 12 (Oct. 28): Laymon, "I Am a Big Black Man Who Will Never Own a Gun" (Oct. 30): Wang, "Omakase" Week 13 (Nov. 4): Runyowa, "Microaggressions," Pathak, "Cross-Cultural Marriage" (Nov. 6): Henderson, "The Manga Artist" Week 14 (Nov. 11): Sedaris, "Full House," Shurtliff, "In Defense of Graphic Novels" (Nov. 13): Le Guin, "Pity and Shame" Week 15 (Nov. 18): Mar, "Love in the Time of Robots" Syllabus Detailed Schedule Requirements and Expectations Leading Discussion: Throughout the semester, pairs of students will take turns leading class discussion. Sign up times will be available early in the semester. Attendance and Participation: Discussion of the texts will be a big part of this class and students are encouraged to express their opinions, share observations and ask questions. Come prepared to discuss the reading material. There will be five quizzes, two tests, a group paper and presentation, and a final exam.
Essential References		MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers. 8^th ed. Modern Language Association of America, 2016.
		Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary. 11^th ed., Merriam-Webster, 2003.
		Concise Oxford English Dictionary. 12^th ed., OUP, 2011.
		Roget's International Thesaurus. 7^th ed., edited by Barbara Ann Kipfer. Harper, 2010.
		Strunk, William, Jr., and E. B. White. The Elements of Style. 4^th ed., Pearson, 2000.
		Zinsser, William. On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction. HarperCollins, 2016.
		Rosenwasser, David, and Jill Stephen. Writing Analytically. 8th ed., Cengage, 2018.