Section21MW5:306:50pmKIPJ217A Section22MW7:008:20pmSH116 Professor:MichaelLundell Email:mjlundell@yahoo.com(preferred),mlundell@sandiego.edu OfficeHours:Wednesdays12:302:30PMFoundersHall170D RequiredBooksfortheCourse: KevinYoungTheGreyAlbum:OntheBlacknessofBlackness. YusefKomunyakaaDienCaiDau. MaryShelleyFrankenstein. JaneAustenNorthangerAbbey,LadySusan,TheWatsons,Sanditon. JamesJoyceDubliners. JosephConradHeartofDarkness. NJDawoodTalesfromtheThousandandOneNights.

usandandOneNights. CourseReaderAvailableattheUSDBookstore Identity,ColonizationandtheSelf Thiscoursesreadingsarelooselygroupedaroundquestionsofidentitywho peopleareandwhatkindsofthingsthesepeopleusetodefinethemselvesisa generalbutimportantsetofquestionsthateveryoneofthecoursereadingsis engagedwith.ByreadingtheseworksandtalkingandwritingaboutthemIhopeto illuminatesomethingaboutourselveswhoareweandwhatarewedoing,and, wheredowegofromhere? Colonizationincludesnotonlydirectcolonizationofonenationuponanother people,butalsoofamorephilosophicalcolonizationthedefiningofonegroupof peoplebyanothergroupofpeople.Allofourworksincludethisimportantconcept aswell.

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Thereadingsareselectedbecauseoftheirrichcomplexities,noneofthesetextsare straightforwardandallofthemprovidechallengesthatwillenrichyourabilityto interpretcomplexbodiesofliterature. Thecourseassignments,allgearedaroundwriting,willprovideyouwithan importantbackgroundinacademicwritingthatyouwillbeabletotakewithyou whereverandwhateveryoudointhefuture. InadditiontothebooksfromtheUSDbookstore(pleasepurchasethesespecific editions)youshouldobtaintwonotebooksforthiscourse,onetokeepasajournal andonetowritenotesinduringclass.Youshouldalsobringafoldertokeep handoutsin.Pleasebringthebook(s)thatwearereadingtoclassonthedayweare readingthem. Therewillbetwopapers,ajournalwithassignmentsgivenoutduringthecourseof thesemester,amidtermlargelybasedonreadingquestions,andacumulativefinal examination.Attendancewillconstituteasignificantpartofyourcoursegrade.You willalsoberequiredtoattendareadingbyawriterthisterm,hopefullyoneofthe manywritersreadingatUSDbutyouarefreetochooseyourownaswell,writinga shortreflectiononyourexperience. ExtraAssignmentsJournal:10% ReadingReport/Reflections:5% Midterm:10% FinalExam:20% Paper1:20% Paper2:25% Attendance:10% RulesofEngagement: Thisisadiscussionorientedclass,Iandyourfellowstudentswanttohearwhatyou havetosay,andwhatyouwanttoknowordontknowandwouldliketofindout. Therearenobadquestionsorcommentsexceptforsilence. Althoughwemeetduringdinnertimethereisnofoodallowedintheclassroom thiswillpreventcrazysmellsandunwantedsoundsofmastication.Nonfragrant drinksarewelcome. Althoughthisis2012pleasefreeyourselffromelectronicdevicesthereareno laptopsorphonesallowedtobeonorusedduringclasstime.

ClassTimesandReadingSchedule: September WedSept5FirstDayofClass Mon10TheThousandandOneNights(Dawood)readPrologue,TheTaleof theHunchback,TheFishermanandtheJinnee,ThePorterandtheThreeGirlsof Baghdad Wed12ThousandandOneNightsCont.ReadSelectionsfromEdwardWilliam Lanesedition(inthereader) Mon17The1001NightsReadSelectionsfromRichardF.Burton(reader) Wed19XfactortoThesis/Thesis/Significance Mon24RimeoftheAncientMariner/Coleridge(reader) Wed26NorthangerAbbey(JaneAusten)Thesisworkshop October Mon1NorthangerAbbey Wed3NorthangerAbbeyPaperStructureWorkshop Mon8FrankensteinMaryShelley(readatleastuntilpage100) Wed10FrankensteinEvidenceWorkshop Mon15Frankenstein(completed)EditingWorkshop Wed17FrankensteinPaper#1Due Mon22YusefKomunyakaaDienCaiDauCloseReading Wed24YusefKomunyakaaDienCaiDauRevisitingtheXfactor Mon29MidtermExamKevinYoungTheGreyAlbumreadTheShadow BookandChorusTwo:ItDontMeanaThing Wed31KevinYoungTheGreyAlbumreadFinalChorus:PlanetRockPoetry Freestyle/Counterarguments

November Mon5KevinYoungdiscussion Wed7DublinersAraby,AnEncounter,EvelineIntro.Vs.Conclusion Mon12DublinersCounterparts,Clay,AMother,TwoGallants,ALittle Cloud Wed14DublinersTheDead Mon19TheLoveSongofJ.AlfredPrufrockTSEliot,LondonWilliamBlake (reader)CloseReading Wed21NoClass Mon26Paper#2DueHeartofDarknessJosephConrad Wed28HeartofDarkness December Mon3HeartofDarknessreadessaysChinuaAchebeAnImageofAfrica: RacisminConradsHeartofDarkness,andEdwardW.SaidTwoVisionsinHeartof Darkness Wed5GroupWorkPresentations Mon10GroupWorkPresentations WedDec12LastDayofClass/EndofGroupPresentations ExamDecember17Monday5pm(KIPJ215)and8pm(KIPJ217a)