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AP English at Another Course to College |
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AP English - Reading Calendar Mr. Robert Comeauat Another Course to College, a Boston Public School
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10 Day 1 |
11 Mythic/Modern |
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Creation 1, Enuma Elish & Theory 1, Frazer, WL1, p. 1-19 |
Creation 2, Theogony & Theory 2, Freud, WL1, p. 20-36 |
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14Mythic/Modern |
15Mythic/Modern |
16Mythic/Modern |
17Mythic/Modern |
18Mythic/Modern |
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Creation 3, Genesis & Theory 3, Durkheim, WL1, p. 37-49 |
Creation 4, Nihongi & Theory 4, Jung, WL1, p. 50-64 |
Popol Vuh & Theory 5, Tillich, part 1 WL1, p. 65-76 |
Section 4: Instructions, the Late Period, Lamentations WL1, p. 138-148 |
Myth Paper (1) Due 9/21 |
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21Ancient Egypt |
22Ancient Egypt |
23Ancient Egypt |
24Ancient Egypt |
25Mesopotamia |
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Section 1: The Old Kingdom, Pyramid Texts WL1, p. 94-109 |
Section 2: Instructions, Spells, Songs &Tales WL1, p. 110-124 |
Section 3: Coming Forth into Day, Hymns, Love Poems WL1, p. 125-137 |
Section 4: Instructions, the Late Period, Lamentations WL1, p. 138-148 |
Epic of Gilgamesh, p. 7-8 in text, Gilgamesh Supplement in WL1, p. 149-152, & p. 61-69 in text |
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28 Mesopotamia |
29 Mesopotamia |
30 Mesopotamia |
10/1 Anc. Greece |
10/2 Anc. Greece |
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Epic of Gilgamesh, p. 70-96, 27 pgs. |
Epic of Gilgamesh, p. 97-119, 23 pgs. |
Prepare for test on Logical Fallacies, Thursday, 10/1 |
Sappho Fragments, WL1, p. 153-156 & Pre-Socratics fragments WL1, p. 157-167 |
Plato, Republic, Note, p. v-vii, & Book I, p. 1-29 32 pgs. |
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5 Gk Philo. |
6 Gk Philo. |
7 Gk Philosophy |
8 Gk Philosophy |
9 Gk Philosophy |
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Plato, Republic, Book II, p. 30-55, 26 pgs. |
Plato, Republic, Book III, p.56-88 33 pgs. |
Plato, Republic, Book IV, p. 89-115 27 pgs. |
Plato, Republic, Book V, p. 116-148, 31 pgs.
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Plato, Republic, Book VI, p. 149-176, 28 pgs. |
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13GkPhilosophy |
14GkPhilosophy |
15GkPhilosophy |
16GkPhilosophy |
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Plato, Republic, Book VIII, p. 203-229 27 pgs. |
Plato, Republic, Book IX, p. 230-251 22 pgs. |
Plato, Republic, Book X, p. 252-277 26 pgs. |
Republic Paper (2) due 10/19 |
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19 Anc. China |
20 Anc. China |
21 Anc. China |
22 Anc. China |
23 Anc. China |
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Tao Te Ching WL1, p. 168-173
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Li PoWL1, p. 174-180 |
Confucius WL1, p. 181-184 |
Tu Fu WL1, p. 185-191
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Poems & Aphorisms due 10/26 & Aeneid Intro, p 1-3, 11-36 |
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26 Anc. Rome |
27 Anc. Rome |
28 Anc. Rome |
29 Anc. Rome |
30 Anc. Rome |
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Virgil, The Aeneid, Book I p 47-73, 26 pgs. |
Virgil, The Aeneid, Book II p 74-102, 28 pgs. |
Virgil, The Aeneid, Book III p 103-126, 24 pg |
Virgil, The Aeneid, Book IV p 127-152, 25 pg |
Virgil, The Aeneid, Book V p 153-181, 29 pg |
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2 Anc. Rome | 3 Abrahamics | 4 Abrahamics | 5 Abrahamics | 6 Abrahamics |
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Virgil, The Aeneid, Book VI p 182-212, 30 pg |
Genesis, the story of Abraham, WL1, p. 192-202 |
Exodus, WL1, p. 203-214 |
Exodus, WL1, p. 215-225 |
The Gospel according to Matthew, WL1, p. 226-237 |
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9 Abrahamics | 10 Abrahamics |
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12 Abrahamics | 13 Abrahamics |
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The Gospel according to Matthew, WL1, p. 238-249
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Sells, Approaching the Qur’an, p. 1-40 34 pgs. |
Sells, Approaching the Qur’an, p. 42-71 30 pgs. & Qur’an Suppl. WL1, p. 250-253 |
End Term 1 Sells, Approaching the Qur’an, p. 72-103 34 pgs. |
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16 Abrahamics | 17 Medieval Lit | 18 Medieval Lit | 19 Medieval Lit | 20 Medieval Lit |
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Sells, Approaching the Qur’an, p 104-141 37 pgs. |
Dante, Inferno Canto I-II, (27-40, 14 pgs) and Introduction, (xiii-xxvi,13pgs.) |
Dante, Inferno Canto III-V, (41-64, 24 pgs) |
Dante,
Inferno (65-94, 28 pgs) |
Dante, Inferno Canto X -XIII, (95-126, 31 pgs) |
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Dante, Inferno Canto XIV -XVI, (127-148, 21 pgs)
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Dante, Inferno Canto XVII-XIX
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Early Release Dante, Inferno Canto XX-XXII, (174-196, 22 pgs)
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11/30Medieval Lit | 1 Medieval Lit | 2 Medieval Lit | 3 Medieval Lit | 4 Medieval Lit |
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Dante, Inferno Canto XXIII-XXV, (197-219, 22 pgs) |
Dante, Inferno C. XXVI-XXVIII (220-241, 21 pgs)
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Dante,
Inferno (242-265, 23 pgs)
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Dante,
Inferno (266-288, 22 pgs)
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Dante,
Inferno due Mon. 12/7 |
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7 Renaissance |
8 Renaissance |
9 Renaissance |
10 Renaissance |
11 Renaissance |
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Cervantes, Don Quixote Prologue, Ch 1-3, p 11-17 & 25-41, 27 pgs. |
Cervantes, Don Quixote Ch 4-8, p 41-70 30 pgs. |
Cervantes, Don Quixote Ch 9-13, p 73-103, 31 pgs. |
Cervantes, Don Quixote Ch 14-17, p 103-136, 31 pgs. |
Cervantes, Don Quixote Ch 18-20, p 137-165, 29 pgs. |
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14 Renaissance | 15 Renaissance | 16 Renaissance | 17 Renaissance | 18 Renaissance |
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Don Quixote In class essay
Hamlet Act 1, scene 1-2, p 6-39, 33 pgs |
Shakespeare, Hamlet Act 1, scene 3-5, p 39-69, 30 pgs |
Shakespeare, Hamlet Act 2, p 73-119 46 pgs |
Shakespeare, Hamlet Act 3, sc 1-2 p 122-161, 40 pgs |
Shakespeare, Hamlet Act 3, sc 3- Act 4, sc 3 p 162-199, 36 pgs |
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21 Renaissance | 22 Renaissance | 23 Renaissance |
24 Winter Break
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25 Winter Break
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Shakespeare, Hamlet Act 4, sc 4-7 p 199-235, 36 pgs |
Shakespeare, Hamlet Act 5, scene 1-2, p 238-287, 49 pgs |
Hamlet Paper (4) due Mon., 1/4/2010
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28 Winter Break
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29 Winter Break
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30 Winter Break
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31 Winter Break
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1/1 Winter Break
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January 2010
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Email me song lyrics of your choice by 4 pm Monday. We’ll analyze them in class Tuesday. |
4Enlightenment | 5Enlightenment | 6Enlightenment | 7Enlightenment | 8Enlightenment |
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Hollander, Rhymes’s Reason selection, WL2 6-15 |
Shakespeare, Sonnets, See list in unit overview. |
Voltaire, Candide Ch I-XIII, p 15-48, 29 pgs |
Voltaire, Candide Ch XIV-XXI p 48-76, 27 pgs |
Voltaire, Candide Ch XXII-XXX, p 76-113, 35 pgs |
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11Enlightenment | 12Enlightenment | 13Enlightenment | 14Enlightenment | 15Enlightenment |
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Enlightenment philosophy 1: Rousseau WL2 p. 20-27 |
Enlightenment philosophy 2: Bentham WL2 p. 28-41 |
Enlightenment philosophy 3: Equiano WL2 p. 42-56 |
Enlightenment philosophy 4: Wollstonecraft WL2 p. 57-67 |
Enlightenment philosophy 5: Swift / Burke WL2 p. 68-80 |
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19Enlightenment | 20Enlightenment | 21Enlightenment | 22Enlightenment |
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Economics Smith, Wealth of Nations WL2 p. 81-90 |
Economics Smith, Wealth of Nations WL2 p. 91-101 |
Economics Smith, Wealth of Nations WL2 p. 102-112 |
Economics Smith, Wealth of Nations WL2 p. 113-123 |
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25 Review | 26 Midterms | 27 Midterms | 28 Midterms | 29 Midterms |
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No Reading. Prep for Midterm
(classes are held today) |
English 12 Midterm this week, date TBA |
For 2/1, read Rius, Marx for Beginners p. 7-35, 28 pgs. and |
End Term 2
Marx & Engels, Communist Manifesto, WL2 p. 124-128 |
February 2010
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1 Modernity |
2 Modernity |
3 Modernity |
4 Modernity |
5 Modernity |
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Marx Rius, Marx for Beginners p. 36-73, 38 pgs. and Marx & Engels, Comm. Manifesto, WL2 p. 129-131 |
Marx Rius, Marx for Beginners p. 74-112, 39 pgs. and Marx & Engels, Comm. Manifesto, WL2 p. 132-135 |
Romantics Blake, Songs of Innocence & Songs of Experience, p 3-48, 42 pgs.
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Romantics Wordsworth, Favorite Poems, Selected. (list below)
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Enlightenment Paper (5) due 2/8
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8 Modernity |
9 Modernity |
10 Modernity |
11 Modernity |
12 Modernity |
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Woolf, A Room of One’s Own, p. 3-24, 22 pgs. |
Modernists Woolf, A Room of One’s Own, p. 25-57, 32 pgs. |
Modernists Woolf, A Room of One’s Own, p. 58 - top of 86, 28 pgs. |
Modernists Woolf, A Room of One’s Own, p. 86-114, 27 pgs. |
Modernists Joyce, (list below)
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16 Feb. Break
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17 Feb. Break
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18 Feb. Break
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19 Feb. Break
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22 Modernity | 23 Modernity | 24 Modernity | 25 Modernity | 26 Modernity |
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Existentialists
Dostoyevsky, Notes from the Underground, p 1-28, 28 pgs |
Existentialists
Dostoyevsky, Notes from the Underground, p 29-60, 31 pgs |
Existentialists
Dostoyevsky, Notes from the Underground, p 60-91, 32 pgs. |
Existentialists
Camus, The Stranger, p 1-39, 39 pgs |
Existentialists
Camus, The Stranger, p 40-123, 77 pgs |
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Wordsworth Selection, from Favorite Poems p. 1-2 We Are Seven p. 3-4 Anecdote for Fathers p. 7-8 Lines Written in Early Spring p. 8-9 Expostulation and Reply p. 27-28 She Dwelt Among Untrodden Ways p. 28 I Traveled Among Unknown Men p. 34 My Heart Leaps Up When I Behold p. 42 The Solitary Reaper p. 43-44 I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud p. 50-52 Character of the Happy Warrior p. 54-60 Intimations of Immortality… |
James Joyce, from Dubliners p. V Note p. 1-7 The Sisters p. 8-14 An Encounter p. 38-43 The Boarding House p. 64-69 Clay p. 119-152 The Dead (see notes, WL2 p. 157-159)
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1 Modernity | 2 Modernity | 3 Modernity | 4 Modernity | 5 Modernity |
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Individualism & the Spiritual Quest
Hesse, Siddhartha, p. 3-42, 37 pgs |
Individualism & the Spiritual Quest
Hesse, Siddhartha, p. 45-85 37 pgs |
Individualism & the Spiritual Quest
Hesse, Siddhartha, p. 87-115, 28 pgs |
Individualism & the Spiritual Quest
Hesse, Siddhartha, p. 117-152, 32 pgs. |
Magical Realism
Borges, Selected stories, WL2 p. 142-152 |
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8 Modernity | 9 Modernity | 10 Modernity | 11 Modernity | 12 Modernity |
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Magical Realism
Borges, Selected stories, WL2 p. 153-161 |
Magical Realism
Marquez, 100 Years of Solitude, p 1-36 |
Magical Realism
Marquez, 100 Years of Solitude, p 37-78 |
Magical Realism
Marquez, 100 Years of Solitude, p 79-120 |
Magical Realism
Marquez, 100 Years of Solitude, p 121-159 |
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15 Modernity | 16 Modernity |
17
Evacuation Day
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18 Modernity | 19 Modernity |
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Magical Realism
Marquez, 100 Years of Solitude, p 161-201 |
Magical Realism
Marquez, 100 Years of Solitude, p 203-243 |
Magical Realism
Marquez, 100 Years of Solitude, p 245-291 |
Magical Realism
Marquez, 100 Years of Solitude, p 293-332 |
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22 Modernity | 23 Modernity | 24 Modernity | 25 Modernity | 26 Modernity |
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Magical Realism
Marquez, 100 Years of Solitude, p 333-375 |
Magical Realism
Marquez, 100 Years of Solitude, p 377-417 |
Magical Realism
Esquivel, Like Water for Chocolate, p 1-60, 45 pgs. |
Magical Realism
Esquivel, Like Water for Chocolate, P 65-118, 42 pgs. |
Magical Realism
Esquivel, Like Water for Chocolate, p 123-203, 64 pgs. |
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29 Modernity | 30 Modernity | 31 Modernity | 4/1 Modernity |
4/2
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Magical Realism
Esquivel, Like Water for Chocolate, p 209-264, 34 pgs. |
McOndoFuguet,selected stories WL2, p 162-173
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McOndo
Gutiérrez, Dirty Havana, selections, WL2, p 174-183 |
Modernity Paper (6) due 4/5
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April 2010
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5 Postmodern | 6 Postmodern | 7 Postmodern | 8 Postmodern | 9 Postmodern |
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“Truth / Authority”Nietzsche, “Truth & Lying…” & Barthes, “The Death of the Author” WL2, p 184-193 |
Power/Knowledge
Foucault, Discipline & Punish: Birth of the Prison, sel. WL2, p 194-203 |
Power/Knowledge
Foucault, Discipline & Punish: Birth of the Prison, sel. WL2, p 204-215 |
Po-Mo & P-colonial
Said, Orientalism, sel.WL2, p 216-228 |
Multiplicities over Binaries Deleuze & Guattari, A Thousand Plateaus, sel. WL2, p 229-242 |
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12 Postmodern | 13 Postcolonial | 14 Postcolonial | 15 Postcolonial | 16 Postcolonial |
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“Reality”
Baudrillard, Simulacra & Simulations, sel.WL2, p 243-255 |
Modernism RevisitedConrad, Heart of Darkness, Part I, p. 1-27, 27 pgs. |
Modernism RevisitedConrad, Heart of Darkness, Part II, p. 28-50, 21 pgs. |
Conrad, Heart of Darkness, Part III, p. 50-72, 22 pgs.& Achebe,“An Image of Africa: Racism in Heart of Darkness” WL2, p 257-262 |
End Term 3 Sallih, Season of Migration to the North, p. 1-60, 60 pgs. |
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19 Spring Break |
20 Spring Break |
21 Spring Break |
22 Spring Break |
23 Spring Break |
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26 Postcolonial | 27 Postcolonial | 28 Postcolonial | 29 Postcolonial | 30 Postcolonial |
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Sallih, Season of Migration to the North, p. 61-87, 27 pgs. |
Sallih, Season of Migration to the North, p. 88-115, 28 pgs. |
Sallih, Season of Migration to the North, p. 116-141, 26 pgs. |
Sallih, Season of Migration to the North, p. 142-169, 28 pgs. |
Memmi, The Colonizer & the Colonized Preface, vii-xviii & 3-44 54 (short) pgs. |
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3 Postcolonial | 4 Postcolonial | 5 Postcolonial | 6 Postcolonial | 7 Postcolonial |
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Memmi, The Colonizer & the Colonized p 45-9650 (short) pgs. |
Memmi, The Colonizer & the Colonized p. 97-153 51(short) pgs. |
Fanon, Selection WL2, p 263-281 |
Macauley vs. Freire, Colonial Education / Ped. of the Oppressed WL2, p 282-290 |
Dangarembga, Nervous Conditions, p. 1-34, 34 pgs |
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10 Postcolonial | 11 Postcolonial | 12 Postcolonial | 13 Postcolonial | 14 Postcolonial |
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Dangarembga, Nervous Conditions, p. 35-76, 41 pgs
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Dangarembga, Nervous Conditions, p. 77-119, 42 pgs
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Dangarembga, Nervous Conditions, p.120-165, 45pgs
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Dangarembga, Nervous Conditions, p.166-204,38 pgs
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Final Paper Due Monday, May 17
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17 Postcolonial |
18 Postcolonial |
19 Postcolonial |
20 Postcolonial |
21 Postcolonial |
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Dabydeen, The Intended, p. 7-43, 36 pgs. |
Dabydeen, The Intended, p. 44-76 bottom, 32 pgs. |
Dabydeen, The Intended, p. 76 bottom-114, 37 pgs |
Dabydeen, The Intended, p. 115-146, 31 pgs |
Dabydeen, The Intended, p. 149-173, 24 pgs |
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25 Postcolonial |
26 Postcolonial |
27 Postcolonial |
28 Postcolonial |
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Kincaid, Lucy, p. 3-41, 38 pgs |
Kincaid, Lucy, p. 43-83, 41 pgs |
Kincaid, Lucy, p. 84-132, 48 pgs |
Kincaid, Lucy, p.133-164, 31pgs |
Final Exam Next Week, Date TBA |
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