Author Archives: Professor Sean Scanlan

Here are a few ideas on the veil by R.C. Young from his book Postcolonialism: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford UP, 2003).   1. A handout that I designed to spark discussion for Persepolis:   Globo-Veil-Young 2. Five images that are … Continue reading →

Parts of a book: History of the book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book Book vs Computer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQHX-SjgQvQ   Globalization is  both fed by and constituted from the book and the computer! Cheers, Sean

Hi Class, **Note: I found a copy of The White Tiger after class last Tuesday. No name inside. I will put it inside my mailbox in Namm 512.   Here are the promised summaries. Emmanuel Levinas and the Other: Other-Levinas-Scanlan-ENG2000-sp2013 … Continue reading →

Hi Class, Homework for Tuesday, April 16: Read to page 95 in The White Tiger, then write Journal 3: Is Balram a hero or villain and why? Feel free to post your favorite music as a comment or as a … Continue reading →

Can you appreciate a new art form in 17 minutes? Benjamin Zander and the Power of Classical Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9LCwI5iErE   Global Nostalgia and Global Homesickness: Prof.  Sean Scanlan’s only power point presentation, ever: Scanlan-Homesickness–CityTech    

The Clash was an influential punk band in the 1970s and 80s. One of their songs was “Straight to Hell,” (1982)and we might consider it to be a postcolonial song. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdUtborIaiU M.I.A. released “Paper Planes” in 2007. What conversation is … Continue reading →

In case you were not a big fan of Styx, or in case you were not around in 1977: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9TcztyNlFx0   Cheers, Sean

Hi Class, Great discussion today about economics and Ha Jin’s short story. Here’s a link to the film “Today”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYX2vboa7KM   Homework for next week: Steger: Chapter 4 Teju Cole’s Open City: up to page 59. Cheers, Sean

Hi Class, 1. I’ve posted the reading “Stage Mothers” under the Readings menu tab. Please print it out, read it, and bring it to class for Tuesday. 2. Read Chapter 3 in Steger. 3. Read “A Short Play About Globalization” … Continue reading →

Hi Class, I posted two short stories in the “Readings” menu tab. One is by Kiran Desai, and the other is by Ha Jin. For homework due Feb 19th: • Read Chapters 1 and 2 in Steger’s Globalization (1-37). • Journal 2: … Continue reading →