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Course Syllabus for Lit 13: Survey of Oriental Literature
Prof. ETM Solmerano
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Course Description
Lit 13 is a survey of the literatures of major Asian countries like India, China, Japan, Arabian and Iraq.
General Objectives
Upon completing LIT 13, you should:
1. Be acquainted with major writers with China, Japan, and other Asian cultures.
2. Be familiar, through readings, discussion, and research papers, with the backgrounds, themes, and techniques found in the representative work of the authors studies.
3. Be aware of the literary heritage of Asia.
4. Understand the diversity of cultural heritage and the effects of artistic and philosophical influences of the subject.
5. Be able to identify your personal values, develop sound ethical values, and develop intellectual tolerance through critical analysis of literature.
6. Gain some understanding and appreciation of representative works of ancient contemporary Chinese, Indian and Japanese literature their cultural context.
Content of the Course
Orientation, Policies, Expectations, Requirements of the Course
Introduction
a. The Reading of fiction
b. Review of the formal elements of fiction
c. Review of the types of fiction
d. Guidelines for reading fiction
Japan
a. Ryunosuke Akutagawa, “Rashomon”
b. Film Showing: Rashomon, based on “Rashomon” and “In a Grove” by Ryunosuke Akutagawa, directed by Akira Kurosawa
c. Kobo Abe, “The Magic Chalk”
d. Yasunari Kawabata, “The Grasshopper and the Bell Cricket”
e. Yukio Mishima, “Swaddling Clothes”
Iran
a. Mahdokht Kashkuli, “The Button”
Israel
a. Etgar Karet, “The Bus Driver Who Wanted to Be God”
First Preliminary Examination
Saudi Arabia
a. From The Thousand and One Nights, translated by Sir Richard Burton
China
a. Pa Chin, “The Curse of the Blood-glow”
b. Rou Shin, “Slave’s Mother”
India
a. Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, “The Interview”
b. Film Showing: Devdas, based on based on the Sharat Chandra Chattopadhyay novella of the same title, directed by P.C. Barua
c. R.K. Narayan, “Forty-Five a Month”
d. Krishnan Varma, “The Grass-eaters”
e. Salman Rushdie, “The Iff and The Butt”
Midterm Examination
a. Selected Ancient Egyptian Love Poems
b. Excerpt from The Rubaiyat by Omar Khayyam
c. Excerpt from Tao The Ching by Lao-Tze
d. The Tang Poets: Wang Wei, Li Po, Tu Fu, Po Chi I, Su Tung Po
e. Haiku Poets: Basho, Buson, Issa
f. From Gitanjali by Rabindranath Tagore
Final Exam
Evaluative Measures
1. Lectures, Discussions
2. Analysis and interpretation of poems and stories
3. Individual reports on any Asian and African novels
4. Watching films based on Asian novels/plays
References
Ashcroft, Bill. The post-Colonial Studies Reader.
Haydn, Hiram. A World of Great Stories. Crown Publisher’s Inc: New York, 1973.
Rosenberg, Donna. World Literature. NTC Publishing Group: Illinois, 1992.
Solomon, Barbara. Other Voices, Other Rooms. Mentor: New York, 1992.
Prof. ETM Solmerano
09212387674
patientnumber23@yahoo.com
patientnumber23.proboards38.com
Course Description
Lit 13 is a survey of the literatures of major Asian countries like India, China, Japan, Arabian and Iraq.
General Objectives
Upon completing LIT 13, you should:
1. Be acquainted with major writers with China, Japan, and other Asian cultures.
2. Be familiar, through readings, discussion, and research papers, with the backgrounds, themes, and techniques found in the representative work of the authors studies.
3. Be aware of the literary heritage of Asia.
4. Understand the diversity of cultural heritage and the effects of artistic and philosophical influences of the subject.
5. Be able to identify your personal values, develop sound ethical values, and develop intellectual tolerance through critical analysis of literature.
6. Gain some understanding and appreciation of representative works of ancient contemporary Chinese, Indian and Japanese literature their cultural context.
Content of the Course
Orientation, Policies, Expectations, Requirements of the Course
Introduction
a. The Reading of fiction
b. Review of the formal elements of fiction
c. Review of the types of fiction
d. Guidelines for reading fiction
Japan
a. Ryunosuke Akutagawa, “Rashomon”
b. Film Showing: Rashomon, based on “Rashomon” and “In a Grove” by Ryunosuke Akutagawa, directed by Akira Kurosawa
c. Kobo Abe, “The Magic Chalk”
d. Yasunari Kawabata, “The Grasshopper and the Bell Cricket”
e. Yukio Mishima, “Swaddling Clothes”
Iran
a. Mahdokht Kashkuli, “The Button”
Israel
a. Etgar Karet, “The Bus Driver Who Wanted to Be God”
First Preliminary Examination
Saudi Arabia
a. From The Thousand and One Nights, translated by Sir Richard Burton
China
a. Pa Chin, “The Curse of the Blood-glow”
b. Rou Shin, “Slave’s Mother”
India
a. Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, “The Interview”
b. Film Showing: Devdas, based on based on the Sharat Chandra Chattopadhyay novella of the same title, directed by P.C. Barua
c. R.K. Narayan, “Forty-Five a Month”
d. Krishnan Varma, “The Grass-eaters”
e. Salman Rushdie, “The Iff and The Butt”
Midterm Examination
a. Selected Ancient Egyptian Love Poems
b. Excerpt from The Rubaiyat by Omar Khayyam
c. Excerpt from Tao The Ching by Lao-Tze
d. The Tang Poets: Wang Wei, Li Po, Tu Fu, Po Chi I, Su Tung Po
e. Haiku Poets: Basho, Buson, Issa
f. From Gitanjali by Rabindranath Tagore
Final Exam
Evaluative Measures
1. Lectures, Discussions
2. Analysis and interpretation of poems and stories
3. Individual reports on any Asian and African novels
4. Watching films based on Asian novels/plays
References
Ashcroft, Bill. The post-Colonial Studies Reader.
Haydn, Hiram. A World of Great Stories. Crown Publisher’s Inc: New York, 1973.
Rosenberg, Donna. World Literature. NTC Publishing Group: Illinois, 1992.
Solomon, Barbara. Other Voices, Other Rooms. Mentor: New York, 1992.