ENG2000 Perspectives in Transnational Lit, S2015

Here are some recommendations for future reading. Please be advised that you might want to read a summary of the book before diving in…just to make sure it accords with your taste. On the other hand, surprise can be instructive!

Graphic Novels and Memoirs:

– Maus, Art Speigelman (Also: In the Shadow of No Towers)

– Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic, Allison Bechdel

– Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth, Chris Ware

– A Contract with God, Will Eisner

– Ghost World, Daniel Clowes

– Love and Rockets, Los Bros Hernandez

– Chicken with Plums, Marjane Satrapi

– Embroideries, Marjane Satrapi

– The Sigh, Marjane Satrapi

– Blue is the Warmest Color, Julie Maroh

Global Literature:

– Pattern Recognition, William Gibson

– One World: A Global Anthology of Short Stories

– The Namesake, Jhumpa Lahiri

– Life of Pi, Yann Martel

– Heart of Darkness, Joseph Conrad

– Brown Girl, Brownstones, Paule Marshall

– White Tiger, Aravind Adiga

– Open City, Teju Cole

– Little Bee, Chris Cleave

– The Inheritance of Loss, Kiran Desai

Have a wonderful summer and stay in touch!

Sean Scanlan

Hi Class,

That was a very high energy class: good job.

Below is our study guide.

Remember: Bring your Final Essay with the peer review sheet attached. And: MAKE SURE TO ARRIVE EARLY AS WE WILL BEGIN WITH THE EXAM

Exam Study Guide:

Key Terms (for definition and example):

Globalization

Homesickness: (4 types): Colonial,  Radical, Modern, Global

5 different eras/phases of globalization

The Veil

5 Types of Ethics:

3 normative ethics: Virtue, Utilitarian, Deontic (Duty)

Feminist Ethics

Global Ethics

Immanual Levinas –the Other

4 characteristics globalization in Steger (14-15)

Chapter 3: economic globalization: know two institutions that changed the shape of economic relations after WWII

Neoliberalism

BW

Hyperglobalizers

Globalization Skeptics

Transnationalism

Key Texts (for quotation identification):

Persepolis, Satrapi

–  Austria: boarding school, misconduct, growth/hair/body, boyfriends, homeless

– Uncle Anoosh

– Advice from Grandmother

– Marriage to Reza, Divorce

– Socks

– Art College: veil, mythology project park

“Terminal Man,” Mehran

“Wave Hello, Say Goodbye,” Parsons

Interpreter of Maladies, Lahiri

“A Temporary Matter”

” Interpreter of Maladies”

“This Blessed House”

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Email any questions that you have, and,

Best wishes,

Sean

Hi Class, for next week…

1. We will discuss the end of Persepolis–especially ethics, pages 299-341.

2. Bring in a typed draft of Essay 2 for Q & A and for peer review (homework points, too).

3. Bring in all your books and handouts so that we can build the final exam.

Best,

Sean

THE OTHER:

This is a handout on the concept of the Other from the philosopher Emmanual Levinas:

Other-Levinas-Scanlan-ENG2000-sp2015

THE VEIL:

1. A handout that I designed to spark discussion for Persepolis:

Globo-Veil-Young-Scanlan-2015

2. Five images that are as interesting as they are confusing:

5Veil-Pics-Eng2000-2013

3. A fairly good Wikipedia entry on the veil:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veil

4.  An academic book with a collection of essay on the veil: The Veil: Women Writers on Its History, Lore, and Politics, edited by Jennifer Heath

JOURNAL 5:

300 words typed: Answer these two prompts:

1. After reading Levinas’s The Other handout, briefly describe Marji’s experience of the Other in Austria.

2. Compare Young’s quotations on the veil with Marji’s argument on page 297.

Best,

Sean

Hi class,

We will have Quiz 2 on Tuesday. It will cover three texts:

1. The Complete Persepolis up to page 206. -2 questions

2. Two chapters from The Terminal Man. -1 question

3. The short story “Say Hello, Wave Goodbye.” -1 question

Best,

Sean

Persepolis is a graphic memoir. But one of the main things we must consider is that this book is written and drawn like a comic book.

http://www.vox.com/2015/2/25/8101837/ody-c-comic-book-panels

Hi Class,

I’m really glad that we got a chance to talk so much today. That said, I’m sorry that we didn’t get to cover all the readings.

For next Tuesday: Read up to page 72 in The Complete Persepolis, and in your notebook write down your favorite scene and why it is your favorite. One paragraph is fine.

Best,

Sean

Hi all,

I hope that everyone is enjoying a safe and fun spring break. Here is what I discussed last Tuesday:

1. Get Marjane Satrapi’s The Complete Persepolis (Pantheon 2007)

ISBN-13: 978-0375714832, Price: $24.95 (new)

2. Read Iranian history via Wikipedia

3. Read the short story “Say Hello, Wave Goodbye,” by Tony Parson and Chapters 1 and 2 from The Terminal Man, by Sir Alfred Mehran.

4. Write Journal 4: 300 words on how the two readings (above) are related.

5. If you have not done so already, please finish the last two stories in Lahiri’s collection.

Cheers,

Sean

Hi Class,

I’ve posted three readings for Spring Break. All of them can be found in the “Readings” menu tab.

1. “Say Hello, Wave Goodbye”

2. Chapters 1 & 2 from The Terminal Man

3. A short introduction to ethics

Hi Class,

In preparation for our next book, The Complete Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi, let’s get acquainted with this nation:

http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/history-of-iran-from-persia-to-present-1.791319

I also recommend a longer history, such as the Wikipedia entry, which is quite long, for an encyclopedia article:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Iran

And here is a short interview with Satrapi in which she talks about ethics. We will continue to discuss ethics in the coming weeks.

Best,

Sean