World Literature

The course will introduce the student to literature in English from around the world. Works of fiction from Asia, Africa, Eastern Europe and Latin America will be explored. The chosen texts will give the student a wider cultural horizon and a better understanding of “other” cultures and literatures and thus foster a basis for intercultural dialogue.
 

Week	Topic
1	Sunday Feb 12: Introduction to the course Tuesday Feb 14: Introduction to World Lit Thursday Feb 16: Collections of Mohammed Althobieti’s poems from New                                  Voices of Arabia.
2	Sunday: Feb 19: Mahmoud Darwish’s “Forgotten As If You                                                        Never Were” and ““Identity Card” Tuesday Feb 21: Nawal El-Saadawi’s “The Death of His Excellency,                               The Ex-Minister” Thursday Feb 23: The Kite Runner –Movie 2007
3	Sunday Feb 26: Fyodor Dostoyevsky- Notes from the Underground Tuesday Feb 28: Fyodor Dostoyevsky- Notes from the Underground Thursday March 2: Fyodor Dostoyevsky- Notes from the Underground
4	Sunday March 5: Fyodor Dostoyevsky- Notes from the Underground Tuesday March 7: Fyodor Dostoyevsky- Notes from the Underground Thursday March 9: Fyodor Dostoyevsky- Notes from the Underground
5	Sunday March 12: Fyodor Dostoyevsky- Notes from the Underground Tuesday March 14: Fyodor Dostoyevsky- Notes from the Underground Thursday March 16: Albert Camus- The Guest
6	Sunday March 19: Garcia Marquez- "Death Constant Beyond Love" Tuesday March 21: Jorge Luis Borges- “Garden of Forking Paths” Thursday March 23: Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain- “Sultana’s Dream”
7	Sunday March 26: Grave of the Fireflies-Movie 1988 Tuesday March 28: Kincaid’s “Girl” Thursday March 30: MIDTERM EXAM
	Spring Break
8	Sunday April 9: Chinua Achebe- Things Fall Apart Tuesday April 11: Chinua Achebe- Things Fall Apart Thursday April 13: Chinua Achebe- Things Fall Apart
9	Sunday April 16: Chinua Achebe- Things Fall Apart Tuesday April 18: Chinua Achebe- Things Fall Apart Thursday April 20: Chinua Achebe- Things Fall Apart
10	Sunday April 23: Leslie Silko- “Yellow Woman” Tuesday April 25: Aesop’s Fables Thursday April 27: Ghalib’s “I’ve made my home next to you”
11	Sunday April 30: Kafka’s The Metamorphosis Tuesday May 2: Kafka’s The Metamorphosis Thursday May 4: Kafka’s The Metamorphosis
12	Sunday May 7: Lessing’s “The Old Chief Mashlanga” Tuesday May 9: Munro’s “Walker Brothers Cowboy” Thursday May 11: Sophocles’ Oedipus the King
13	Sunday May 14 Sophocles’ Oedipus the King Tuesday May 16: Sophocles’ Oedipus the King Thursday May 18: Sophocles’ Oedipus the King
14	Sunday May 21: Sophocles’ Oedipus the King Tuesday May 23: The Stoning of Soraya –Movie 2008 Thursday May 25: Life is Beautiful –Movie 1997
15	Sunday May 28: Revision and presentations Tuesday May 30: Revision and presentations Thursday June : Revision (Final Paper is due at 5 P.M                                                                                 on LMS)