Department of English

Faculty of Arts, Chulalongkorn University

 

2202344  Contemporary World Literature in English

 

Puckpan Tipayamontri
Office: BRK (Boromrajakumari Building; building number 60 on the map) room 1106
Office Hours: M 1–3 (from off campus, via Zoom Meeting Room) and by appointment
Phone: 0 2218 1780
Fax: 0 2218 4707
puckpan.t@chula.ac.th

 

 

Announcements
! Final Paper and Presentation Guidelines: There are some media associated with the final paper (due Dec. 6) that I've not been able to incorporate; these will be added at a later date. Sorry for the delay, folks. The instructions and consultation sign-up are here. Have fun exploring!
 
Media Tie-In Ideas
Below are some films (features and documentaries) to provide background to or context for syllabus stories and poems and to stimulate discussion if you would like to incorporate visual media into your lesson. Each title can be used for multiple topics. For example, The Occupation of the American Mind might be a pre-lesson Palestine-Israel background activity for Handal's poem or a complement to works that relate to Ngugi's Decolonizing the Mind.
 
! Nov. 8 Reading: Trends in world anglophone literature: transhuman, post-human, cli-fi
 
! Nov. 1 and 3 Reading: Trends in world anglophone literature: graphic fiction, pandemic fiction
! Workshop Sheet: Give your response copies (hard copies or digital) to your group members. See list below. Read each other's work, make marginal comments where useful, then fill out the workshop sheet for each response. Bring the hard copies next class to return to your group or send them the digital files.

Groups:
  • Buranima, Natthakit, Palida, Sasinan
  • Guntaphat, Juthamas, Tharinee, Suriporn
  • Kanpitcha, Patcharapa, Mangkon, Phonnaphat
  • Kulpriya, Manussanun, Napasrapi, Rachaya
 
! Oct. 25 and 27 Reading: Trends in World anglophone: Cosmopolitanism, Transnationalism
 
! Radio Script: Here is the working draft of our in-class discussion radio script on postcolonialism, Waiting for the Barbarians and "In Detention." Make your edits and add further comments to the discussion on the collaborative document so that everyone has the same updated copy. 
 
! Oct. 12, 18, 20 Reading: Trends in World Literature in English: Postcolonialism
 
! Midterm Week: There is no class on Tuesday, October 4. An essay-type test will be given in our usual class (MCS 501/2–3) on Thursday, October 6. Here is a review and practice prompt to help you engage with our reading and class discussions thus far, and with your global reports in preparation for it.
 
! Sep. 27 and 29 Sessions: The following is material for the week.
 
! Marshall Story: We'll be reading Owen Marshall's short story "Cabernet Sauvignon with My Brother" in class this week (Sep. 13 and 15). There is also a worksheet with study questions to go with it.
 
! Reading Equalizer: Get caught up on the reading thus far. We'll have a review quiz later in the week. Also, finish up to chapter 23 "Travels" in Ghosh's The Hungry Tide. Note that there is also the option of listening to Firdous Bamji's excellent narration from the audiobook to appreciate the different accents.

Schedule (asterisk indicates syllabus works)
Week 5
  • Tuesday, September 6: Global Literacy: Life Cycle: Birth and Youth
    • *Arundhati Roy, The Ministry of Utmost Happiness (2017) chapter 10 excerpt
    • *Joshua Ip, Sonnets from the Singlish (2015)
      • "I Jio You with This Eraser"
      • "Annus Mirabilis"
    • Augusto de Campos, "Eye for Eye" (1964)
    • *Amitav Ghosh, The Hungry Tide (2004) chapters 17 "The Glory of Bon Bibi"–18 "Stirrings"
  • Thursday, September 8: Global Literacy: Life Cycle: Old Age and Death
Week 4
Week 3
Week 2
Week 1
 
Course Outline

Class Time: T 2:30–4:00 (BRK 309), Th 9:30–11:00 (MCS 501/2–3)

 

Required Texts (in Google Classroom)

  • Course packet (short stories and plays, poems, excerpts, articles)
  • Amitav Ghosh, The Hungry Tide (Houghton Mifflin, 2005; you are welcome to acquire an edition that suits you but the indicated information is for the one I'll be using in this course)

Detailed Schedule 

 

Syllabus

 

Requirements and Expectations

  • Attendance and Participation: Discussion of the texts will be important aspect of our engagement with ideas and the literature, and students are encouraged to express their opinions, share observations and ask questions. Come prepared to discuss the reading material.

  • Reading Responses: Aside from occasional writing of other kinds, reading responses are useful exercises that attempt to explain, discuss or comment on a question that you pose about the reading. No more than one page double-spaced is expected per response but it should be well thought out. See samples. Also useful for both reading and test response practice are the prompts, student writing samples, scoring commentary and guidelines on the College Board's AP Literature Exam archive page.

  • Other assessments include short presentations, a test (around midterm), a final paper, and a final exam.

Course Comments (Click to give comments on the course.)
Essential References MLA Handbook, 9th edition MLA Handbook. 9th ed. Modern Language Association of America, 2021.

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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary. 11th ed. Merriam-Webster, 2008.

Oxford English Dictionary. 2nd ed. 20 vols. Oxford UP, 1989.
Roget's International Thesaurus Roget's International Thesaurus. 8th ed. Edited by Barbara Ann Kipfer. HarperCollins, 2019.
princetonpoetics
 The Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics. 4th ed. Edited by Roland Greene, et al. Princeton UP, 2012.

 

 

 

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