Puckpan Tipayamontri
BRK 1130
218-4728
puckpan.t@chula.ac.th
Office Hours: M 5 - 6 p.m., W 12-2 and by appointment

Group 3
Mon 10 - 12 (BRK 314)
Wed 8 - 9 (BRK 314)

Outline of course:

• Announcements  (midterm update, please check)
• Reading List
• Syllabus
• Requirements and Expectations
• Further Reading
• Relevant Websites

• "A Rose for Emily", William Faulkner
• "Mr. Loveday's Little Outing", Evelyn Waugh
• "Flowers for Algernon", Daniel Keyes
• "The Open Window", Saki
• "The Japanese Quince", John Galsworthy
• Excerpts from Aspect of the Novel, E. M. Forster
• Excerpts from Toni Morrison
• Enduring Love, Ian McEwan

Syllabus
You can download a copy of the group syllabus here: Word 97 file (33K).
You can also take a look at the 1998 syllabus on a previous version of this homepage here.

Class Schedule for the next few weeks:

M 7/17	Buddhist Lent (no classes) Read Enduring Love chapters 14-19
W 7/19	Short paper #2 due (short story + analytical essay) Symbolism, imagery, irony, setting Read excerpt from Toni Morrison's "Unspeakable Things Unspoken: The Afro-American Presence in American Literature" p. 20-21, 31-33 Read Enduring Love chapters 20-21
	* Midterm week*
M 7/24	Midterm: Test I and II Finish Enduring Love
W 7/26	Midterm week (no classes)
M 7/31	Symbolism, imagery, irony, setting: "The Japanese Quince" Reading response for "The Japanese Quince" due
W 8/2	Symbolism, imagery, irony, setting: "The Japanese Quince"
M 8/7	Short paper #3 due Theme
W 8/9	Theme
M 8/14	Mother's Day Observed (no classes)

Requirements and Expectations

Reading Responses

Students are expected to keep a journal and hand in a reading response every week either by e-mail or on paper. Reading responses must be handed in before class or at the beginning of the class on which it is due. You should think of the reading response as an attempt to explain, discuss or comment on a question that you pose about the reading. Avoid simple questions or those that seem easy to answer, like factual questions. I don't expect more than half a page of written or typed reading responses but these should be well thought out. Quality is more important than quantity.
 

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. This is an important way to learn and increase your understanding about the readings. Use this opportunity in class to expand your perspectives!

Further Reading
(I've given the call number for those available at Chula libraries in parentheses after each entry.)

Guth, Hans P. and Gabriele L. Rico. Discovering Fiction. New Jersey: A Blair Press Book,1993.

DiYanni, Robert. Literature: Reading Fiction, Poetry, Drama, and the Essay. 3rd ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1994.
    (Arts PN49 D622L)

Forster, E. M. Aspects of the Novel.  Middlesex: Penguin, 1970.
    (Arts PN3353 F733A)

Kennedy, X.J. Literature: An Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, and Drama, 4^th ed. Illinois: Scott, Foresman and Company, 1987.
    (CL 808 K36L 1983)

Hirschberg, Stuart. The Many Worlds of Literature. New York: Macmillan, 1994.
    (Arts PN6014 H669M)

Hurt, James. Literature: A Contemporary Introduction.  New York: Macmillan, 1994.
    (Arts PN6014 L776H)

Gillespie, Sheena, Terezinha Fonseca and Carol Sanger. Literature Across Cultures. Boston: Allyn and Bacon, 1994.

Bruton, Anthony and Angeles Broca. Active reading. Surrey: Nelson, 1993.
    (Lang 428.43 B913A)

Fiction 50: An Introduction to the Short Story. Compiled by James H. Pickering.New York: Macmillan, 1993.
    (Arts PN6120.2 F448P)

Sage, Howard. Fictional flights: An Anthology of Short Stories for Non-native Speakers of English. Boston: Heinle&Heinle, 1993.
    (Lang 428.433 S129F)

Relevant Websites

Literary Resources on the Net

Online Literature Resources

Information on Authors and Works

• William Faulkner
• Biography: Chronology, Mississippi Writer,
• William Faulkner's Short Stories
• Collected Stories of William Faulkner  (CL 813.5 F263C)
• The Faulkner Reader  (CL 813.52 F263Fa)
• Thinking of Home: William Faulkner's Letters to His Mother and Father 1918-1925  (CL 813.52 F263T)
• William Faulkner, Mary Cooper Robb  (Arts STK PS3511 F272R)
• "A Rose for Emily"
• Selected Bibliography
• Discussion Forum
• Evelyn Waugh
• Introduction to the Author
• Hypertext Waugh Chronology
• Biographical Sketch from Hertford College
• The Complete Short Stories and Selected Drawings  (CL 823.9 W354Co 1998)
• Mr. Loveday's Little Outing and Other Sad Stories  (CL 823.9 W354M)

• Daniel Keyes
• Biography
• "Flowers for Algernon"

• Saki (H. H. Munro)
• Biography: Saki, Biographical Essay, Saki and Clovis, The Knitting Circle,
• "The Open Window" (complete text)
• The Chronicles of Clovis  (CL 823.9 M968C)
• The Unbearable Bassington  (CL 823.9 M968U)
• John Galsworthy
• Six Novelists, Thomas Owen Beachcroft  (CL 920 B365S)
• Biography
• Ian McEwan
• Biography
• An Interview with Ian McEwan
• The Salon Interview with Ian McEwan
• Bold Type Interview with Ian McEwan
• Enduring Love
• More Forensic Romances: De Clerambault's Syndrome in Men (1987) R. L. Goldstein
• De Clerambault's Syndrome

• Test I (1 hour) will be on character and plot.  You can order a xerox copy of the short story "The Junkman and His Cat"  to read in advance from the copier at Building 4.  There will be four test questions.
• Test II (1 hour) will be on general comprehension of Ian McEwan's Enduring Love.  The test is designed to check that you've done the reading, that is, that you've finished the book.  There will be four test questions.  In answering them, you will be required to demonstate your understanding of the novel as well as your ability to make associations between different events, characters, ideas in the story.  Please respond to all the questions clearly, in complete sentences and well-organized paragraphs.  Support your ideas with evidence from the text.  You can join the e-mail group discussion of the novel by e-mailing me.  Students from any of the four sections are welcome to join.  Put "join discussion" in the subject heading and I will add you to the group list.

The Final
The final is cummulative.  It will include all the short stories in the packet we have read and discussed in class (except "Flowers for Algernon)  and all the elements of fiction as well.  If you have any ideas or questions you'd like to discuss about any of the readings, you can drop by my office during office hours or make an appointment or e-mail.

Reading Responses
You may write reading responses as often as you wish.  You can e-mail me or write on paper and put it on my desk.  I am always willing to discuss your ideas or questions about the reading or about the course.  Remember, I do not expect more than half a page for your reading responses.