WEEKLY SCHEDULE (updated March 19, 2013)
ENG 2000 GLOBALIZATION AND LITERATURE (PERSPECTIVES)
**Bring this schedule to class each week as lessons and due dates may change.
Week 1, Jan 29:
Course Introduction; definitions of globalization, transnationalism, and homesickness; brief example of transnational literature; How do we read? HW: readings-Doctorow, Freudenberger, and Steger-OpenLab; HW: Journal #1.
Week 2, Feb 5:
Collect Journal #1. Concepts: READING for understanding and to remember; terms: globalization, nationalism, transnationalism, in-class writing, discuss Doctorow, Freudenberger, and Steger; reading Steger and Jin and Desai-OpenLab; HW: Journal #2
Week 3, Feb 12
******** No Class: Lincoln’s Birthday Observed********
Week 4, Feb 19
Collect Journal #2. Lecture on globalization , types of homesickness, and ethics; also begin defining colonialism/postcolonialism.
Begin A Short Play about Globalization; HW: read Steger, write Journal 3 and study for QUIZ 1
Week 5, Feb 26:
Collect Journal #3. Take QUIZ 1. Lecture on colonialization/postcolonialization. Finish A Short Play about Globalization; Begin Open City, Nigerian history, and Steger; HW: Journal #4
Week 6, Mar 5:
Collect Journal #4. Discuss Open City. Midterm Analysis Essay Assigned–What is good student writing? HW: continue Open City; Journal #5
Week 7, Mar 12:
Collect Journal #5. HW: finish Open City; revise, edit, and proofread Midterm Essay
Week 8, Mar 19:
*****Midterm Essay Due. Begin The White Tiger, lecture on colonialism/Postcolonialism, partition
Week 9, Mar 26:
SPRING RECESS…ENJOY
Week 10, Apr 2
NO CLASS: Continue reading and discussing The White Tiger, lecture on imperialism and ethics
SPRING RECESS CONTINUES…..ENJOY
Week 11, Apr 9:
TURN IN MIDTERM ESSAY; Continue The White Tiger, lecture: class/caste. HW: Journal #6
Week 12, Apr 16:
Collect Journal #6. Finish The White Tiger; begin Persepolis. Final Research Paper Assigned, lecture: Iranian history/veil; HW: study for QUIZ 2
Week 12, Apr 23:
QUIZ 2; Persepolis, lecture: technology and globalization and ethics
Week 13, Apr 30:
Continue reading Persepolis, discuss politics and ethics
Week 14, May 7:
Finish Persepolis, Draft of Final Essay Due, Final Essay Q & A
Week 15, May 14:
****Final Essay Due. Final Exam Review
Week 16, May 21:
*****Final Exam. Last day of class
