Department of English

Faculty of Arts, Chulalongkorn University


2202234  Introduction to the Study of English Literature

 

Puckpan Tipayamontri

Office: BRK 1106.1

Office Hours: M 13 and by appointment

Phone: 0-2218-4703

puckpan.t@chula.ac.th

 

Section 4 (BRK 504)

M 10–12, W 89

 

Tentative Schedule


Week 1

Jun. 4

No class (Visakha Puja Day)

Jun. 6

Introduction to Reading: Poetry  

Reading

Discussion: What is reading? What is poetry? Close reading a literary text.

Week 2

Jun. 11

Language in Poetry 

Reading

Discussion: literal and figurative language; denotation and connotation; imagery; tone; voice; figures of speech

Jun. 13

Language in Poetry 

Reading

Discussion: figures of speech; simile, metaphor

*Reading Response #1 due in class (MLA format, 1 page, double-spaced; study question: What is reading? How do you read? Some students have said that reading for them is escaping, asking questions, imagining, remembering, evaluating, and listening. Examine your own act of reading. What mental processes do you engage in when you read a poem in these first weeks? In a paragraph or two, show how that poem has urged you to read in a certain way.)

Week 3

Jun. 18

Language in Poetry  

Reading

Discussion: irony; caesura; rhyme, rhyme scheme; couplet

Jun. 20

Language in Poetry 

Reading

Discussion: imagery

Creative Writing (love poem): Last week you've given thoughtful and critical comments about the number, picture and quote on the Biafran War that you brought to share in class. For this week, bring that same keen scrutiny to the subject of love. Think about what love is, its characteristics and manifestations, its problems and power, your personal experience of it, your observation of it affecting others. Consider different kinds of love (ex. love of one's lover, one's parents, one's car, country, money, music, self) and the many ways they can be written about in poetry. Write a love poem and bring it to class.

Week 4

Jun. 25

Language in Poetry

Reading

Discussion: personification

Jun. 27

Language in Poetry

Reading

Discussion: allusion; tradition; allegory

Week 5

Jul. 2

Sounds in Poetry 

Reading

Discussion: types of poetry; sonnet; ballad
 
Quiz 1 (10 points, 20 minutes) on Cocktail

Jul. 4

Form in Poetry 

Reading

Discussion: meter; rhyme; scansion

Week 6

Jul. 9

Introduction to Reading: Drama 

Reading

Discussion: narrative; drama; character, consistency, motivation, plausibility; irony

Jul. 11

Experiencing Drama 

Reading


Week 7

Jul. 16

Experiencing and Writing about Literature

Reading

Jul. 18

Experiencing and Writing about Literature

Reading


Week 8

Jul. 23

Midterm Exam (Midterm week: July 23–27, 2012)
(2 hours, in class) The midterm consists of two parts, one on an unseen poem and the other on syllabus material
from the beginning of the semester through week seven (to Glaspell's Trifles). There will be short answer questions, scansion, and essay-type questions. As always, it is helpful to take a few minutes to plan an outline before writing your essays. Formulate a thoughtful thesis/argument in responding to the question that allows you to address effectively the requirements of the prompt. For each prompt, you do not need to answer every single question in the cluster in order and separately. The multiple questions are there to help you think about the topic. Cite specific acts, scenes, lines, or words in support of your argument. You will want to show us your critical and analytical skills: demonstrate that you have read closely and understood the material, that you can critically engage with that material, with discussion in class, and with the test question, that you can synthesize material and knowledge gained, and that you can write clear and effective prose. Give your essays a title if you like.

Jul. 25

No class (Midterm week: July 23–27, 2012)


Week 9

Jul. 31

Dramatic Narrative

Reading

Discussion: plot

Aug. 1

Dramatic Narrative

Reading

  • Vince LiCata and Ping Chong, Cocktail (2009; study guide)
    • Artworx, "Cocktail" (video clip, 6:16 min.)
    • Tina Rosenberg, "Look at Brazil," The New York Times (2001)
    • Nangfahnirnam (official page for the Thai production; includes interview with the director)
Discussion: plot

Week 10

Aug. 6

Introduction to Reading: Short Story

Reading

Discussion: plot; characterization

Aug. 8

Elements of Fiction

Reading

Discussion: setting

*Reading Response #2 due in class (MLA format, 1 page, double-spaced; you may use any of the study questions for the works we have read or are reading as prompts, or you might choose to think further about a question or issue raised in class discussion, or formulate your own question or discuss an idea about the text that emerged as you read the work more closely.)

Week 11

Aug. 13

No class (Mother's Day observed)

Aug. 15

Elements of Fiction

Reading

Discussion: theme; symbol

Writing Practice on Saki's "The Open Window" (1911)

Week 12

Aug. 20

Elements of Fiction

Reading

Quiz 2 on "The German Refugee"

Aug. 22

Elements of Fiction

Reading


Week 13

Aug. 27

Elements of Fiction

Reading

Writing Practice

Aug. 29

Elements of Fiction

Reading


Week 14

Sep. 3

Introduction to Reading: Novel

Reading

Sep. 5

Traditions of Tales

Reading

  • Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid's Tale (1985; study guide) Part VII–Part IX (end of chapter 24)

Week 15

Sep. 10

Reality and Fiction

Reading

  • Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid's Tale (1985; study guide) Part X–Part XII (end of chapter 39)

Sep. 12

Past, Present, and Future

Reading


Week 16

Sep. 17

Presentations

  • If you are planning to use PowerPoint, make sure it is compatible with Microsoft PowerPoint 2003 version. Also embed or include files of any nonstandard fonts that are in your presentation.
  • Let me know of any other audiovisual needs by 4 p.m. Friday, September 14, 2012.
  • 5-minute individual presentations (15–20 minutes per panel) followed by a 10-minute question and answer session

Tentative schedule (download presentations program, pdf file)


1.  Dangerous Games
10:00–10:30 a.m.
Presiding: Sarinrat Mungboonmob
Speakers:
1.  "'The Most Dangerous Game,'" Thitirat Muangsiri
2.  "Setting in Connell's 'The Most Dangerous Game,'" Kittipoom Intra
3.  "Zaroff and Rainsford: Hunters Hunted,'" Titaya Hengnukun

4.  "Fair Game: Psychological Justification and Ethics in 'The Most Dangerous Game,'" Suteemar Tiencharoen

Respondent 1: Narisorn Norasethsataporn
Respondent 2: Arpharat Lin
Respondent 3: Burassakorn Gitipotnopparat

Respondent 4: Ariya Jhiinapengkad


2.  Small but Dangerous
10:35–10:55 a.m.
Presiding:
Jaisai Wongvoravisitti
Speakers:
1. 
"Revealing Trifles,'" Chonlagarn Incharoensak
2.  "Oppressive Trifles,'" Warittha Kraiwee
3.  "Trifling Trifles," Kankanid Mitrpakdee

Respondent 1: Suteemar Tiencharoen
Respondent 2: Kangsadan Marangsri
Respondent 3: Jitpimol Sritongkhami


3.  The Danger of Perception
11:00–11:25 a.m.
Presiding: Pakorn Lophongpaibool
Speakers:
1.  "The Pitfalls of Us and Them in 'Priscilla the Cambodian,'" Juthaporn Jiajanpong
2.  "Developing Understanding: The Narrator's Growth in 'Priscilla the Cambodian,'" Sarinrat Mungboonmob
3.  "Women Crossing the Line in 'A Jury of Her Peers,'" Narisorn Norasethsataporn

Respondent 1: Napasanan Wongchuangchai
Respondent 2: Titaya Hengnukun
Respondent 3: Kankanid Mitrpakdee


4.  Exploding Categories
11:00–11:25 a.m.
Presiding: Jitpimol Sritongkham
Speakers:
1.  "Unlikely Communication in 'Priscilla the Cambodian,'" Ariya Jhiinapengkad
2.  "Characteristics of Thai People in 'Priscilla the Cambodian,'" Pakorn Lophongpaibool

Respondent 1: Juthaporn Jiajanpong
Respondent 2: Kittipoom Intra


Final paper due (2 pp.)

Sep. 19

Presentations

Theme potluck breakfast hosted by section 4. Currently on the menu: puff pies, sandwiches, boxed juice.


Tentative schedule (download presentations program, pdf file)


5.  Ironic Views
8:00–8:25 a.m.
Presiding:
Narisorn Norasethsataporn
Speakers:
1. 
"The Story of Pronouns in Glaspell's 'A Jury of Her Peers,'" Kangsadan Marangsri
2.  " Red Motif in The Handmaid's Tale,"
Napasanan Wongchuangchai
3. 
"Color and Social Status in The Handmaid's Tale," Jaisai Wongvoravisitti

4.  "Keats' 'To Autumn' and Death," Jitpimol Sritongkham

Respondent 1: Thitirat Muangsiri
Respondent 2: Chonlagarn Incharoensak
Respondent 3: Patpicha Tanakasempipat
Respondent 4: Sarinrat Mungboonmob


6.  Revealing "The German Refugee"
8:30–9:55 a.m.
Presiding:
Chonlagarn Incharoensak
Speakers:
1. 
"Functions and Effects of Illusions in 'The German Refugee,'" Burassakorn Gitipotnopparat
2. 
"The German Refugee's Gains," Arpharat Lin

3.  "Oskar Gassner’s Downfall: The Nazis’ Underlying Presence in His Lost Battles,'" Patpicha Tanakasempipat

Respondent 1: Warittha Kraiwee
Respondent 2: Jaisai Wongvoravisitti

Respondent 3: Pakorn Lophongpaibool


Week 17

Sep. 24

Final Exam (8:30–11:30 a.m.)  The final covers syllabus material from Cocktail through The Handmaid's Tale. Expect four or five essay type questions that ask you to discuss one or more texts. As always, it is helpful to take a few minutes to plan an outline before writing your essays. Formulate a thoughtful thesis/argument in response to the question that allows you to address effectively the requirements of the prompt. For each prompt, you do not need to answer every single question in the cluster of questions in order and separately. The multiple questions are there to help you think about the topic. Cite specific incidents, scenes, lines, or words in support of your argument. You will want to show us your critical and analytical skills: demonstrate that you have read closely and understood the material, that you can critically engage with that material, with discussion in class, and with the test question, that you can synthesize material and knowledge gained, and that you can write clear and effective prose. Give your essays a title if you like.


 

 


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