ENGL 390- Cora Agatucci

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ENGL 390 COURSE PLAN - SPRING 1998
Multicultural Literature

Note: References below to "Packet" reading assignments on Mon. & Wed. mean the Hum 210 Packet ;
Fri. reading assignments are specified as from the "Eng 390 Packet"

Week #1	Class Activities	Assignments Due:
Mon., 3/30	Intro to Course: Syllabus & Course Plan Intro to Early India
Wed., 4/1	MEET in PIONEER 200A Intro to Epic:Mahabharata Internet Explorations: Hum 210 Website (click First Class E-mail account if you want to set up a campus e-mail account)	Dialogue #1 (Course Goals) Read Packet: Timelines of India 1 and Maps 1-4 Read Packet: Epic as Oral-Literary Genre, Characteristics of Indian Sanskrit and Folk Epics
Fri., 4/3	Intro to Engl 390: Syllabus, Course Plan, Course Expectations & Goals, Discuss Seminar directions	Read Engl 390 Syllabus, Course Plan & bring any questions you have Survey Engl 390 Packet contents

Week #2	Class Activities	Assignments Due:
Mon., 4/6	In-Class Viewing: Mahabharata Part I (India/UK, 1989), dir. Peter Brook (b. 1925)	Read Packet: Mahabharata Film Notes (click Mahabharata for one synopsis of the epic)
Wed., 4/8	**2-Hour Class Period In-Class Viewing: Mahabharata*, Part II Due at end of class: Questions re: Mahabharata*
Fri., 4/10	Seminar #1 Distribute Term Project directions	Read Eng390 Packet Mapping Theories of Multicultural Education, MIC Course Proposal Form, Discussion Draft: Sequence Proposals Rationale….

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Week #3	Class Activities	Assignments Due:
Mon., 4/13	Class & Small Group Discussion: Mahabharata & Questions	Read Packet: Hinduism & Buddhism
Wed., 4/15	Exchange Reading & Response: Dialogue #2 China Slide Presentation	Dialogue #2: Mahabharata Read Packet: Introduction: Timelines of China, Timelines 1, 2 & 3; and Maps 1-4
Fri., 4/17	Seminar #2 (see online handout Seminars)	Read Eng390 Packet So What Is Culture?, Culture & Power, Weber’s "Ground Rules, Royster’s Code of Conduct for"Cross-Boundary Discourse"

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or see other ways to contact me
on the Engl 390 Syllabus or my homepage,
or drop by during my office hours (see Spring 1998 Schedule)

Week #4	Class Activities	Assignments Due:
Mon., 4/20	Video clip: Houston Smith on Confucianism and Taoism Discussion: Chinese writing & lyric poetry in translation	Read Handout: Selected Early Chinese Poetry in Translation Dialogue #3, Part I: Copy two Chinese characters from handout Read Packet: Chinese Writing & Other Scripts, Chinese Writing & Dialects, Chinese Pinyin & Pronunciation
Wed., 4/22	Exchange Reading & Response: Dialogue #3 Discuss Indian Women’s Poetry Midterm Discussion Paper Topic Ideas	Dialogue #3, Part II: Lyric Poetry Read Packet: Confucianism, Taoism, Timelines of India 2, Maps 5-6, Indian Languages & Scripts Read handout: Indian Women’s Poetry
Fri., 4/24	Seminar #3 (see online handout Seminars) Assign Midterm Discussion Paper & Constitute Workshop groups	Read Eng390 Packet "Mapping Intercultural Developmental Models," "Toward New Models of Cross-Cultural Reading & Interpretation," "Proposal to the 9th Annual Oregon Conference..."

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Week #5	Class Activities	Assignments Due:
Mon., 4/27	Japan Slide Presentation	Read Packet: Timelines of Japan 1 & 2, Maps 1 & 2, Shinto, An Introduction to Japanese Language
Wed., 4/29	Class Discussion & Presentation: Intro to Japanese Language & Literature, Haikai & Haiku In-Class Group Activity: Dialogue #4, Part I (Haikai)	Read Packet:, Japanese Poetry & The Tale of Genji, The Ways of Liberation, Zen Buddhist Influence on Arts & Crafts Preliminary Draft of Discussion Paper, with 3 readable copies
Fri., 5/1	Workshop: Discussion Paper Drafts	Reader’s Reports on Discussion Paper Drafts

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Week #6	Class Activities	Assignments Due:
Mon., 5/4	Exchange Reading & Response: Discussion Papers Video clips from The Last Emperor and Farewell My Concubine Fiction & Theater Traditions of China Intro to Dream of the Red Chamber	Midterm Discussion Paper Read Packet: Haikai: Comic Linked Verse, Haiku by Basho
Wed., 5/6	Class Discussion: Dream of the Red Chamber	Dialogue #4, Part II: Haiku Read Packet: Timelines of China 4, [Packet Intro to] Dream of the Red Chamber – Hung-lou Meng Begin Reading Dream of the Red Chamber (including Intro, pp. xvii-xx)
Fri., 5/8	Discuss Term Project (Individual or Team) Topic Ideas, Proposal & Oral Presentation	Topic Ideas for Term Project

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Week #7	Class Activities	Assignments Due:
Mon., 5/11	Return & Discuss graded Discussion Papers In-Class Group Dialogue #5: Dream of the Red Chamber	Finish reading Dream of the Red Chamber (including Intro, pp. xvii-xx) & Take Notes
Wed., 5/13	**2-Hour Class Period In-Class Viewing: To Live (Huozhe, China / Hong Kong, 1994), dir. Zhang Yimou, (b. 1950, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China), with Bin Wang and Xleochun Zhang*. Distribute Grade Reports*	Read/Review Packet: Timelines of China 4 & 5, China's Fifth Generation [of Filmmakers], To Live Film Notes
Fri. 5/15	Workshop: Term Project Proposals Sign up for Oral Presentations Weeks #8 – #10	Term Project Proposal, with 3 readable copies

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Week #8	Class Activities	Assignments Due:
Mon., 5/18	Class & Group Discussion: 20^th century China & To Live Return Graded Proposals	Dialogue #6: To Live
Wed., 5/20	**2-Hour Class Period In-Class Viewing: Rhapsody in August (Hachigatsu no kyoshikyoku, Japan, 1991), dir. Akira Kurosawa**	Read Packet Timelines of Japan 3 & 4 Read A Pale View of Hills & Take Notes
Fri., 5/22	Begin Oral Presentations on Term Projects	Oral Presentation Prep, including Response forms (with enough copies for Eng 390 class) **Due from all: Outline/Progress Report** on Term Project

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Week #9	Class Activities		Assignments Due:
*Mon., 5/25: Memorial Day Holiday: No Class*
Wed., 5/27	Exchange Reading & Response: Dialogue #7 Class Discussion: A Pale View of Hills & Rhapsody in August	Dialogue #7: A Pale View of Hills & Rhapsody in August Read Packet: Timelines of India 3 & 4, Maps 7-12, Cracking India Introduction Begin reading Cracking India Written responses to Wk #8 Oral Presentations
Fri., 5/29	Continue Oral Presentations on Term Projects Constitute Workshop Groups	Oral Presentation Prep, incl. Response forms (with enough copies for Eng 390 class) *Due from all:* Preliminary Draft and Working Bibliography for Term Projects, with 4 readable copies (1 for Cora)

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Week #10	Class Activities	Assignments Due:
Mon., 6/1	Class Discussion: British Colonialism, Indian Independence & Cracking India	Read packet: Islam, Sikhism Finish reading Cracking India Written Responses to Wk #9 Oral Presentations
Wed., 6/3	Exchange Reading & Response: Dialogue #8 Workshop: Term Project Drafts & Reader’s Reports Distribute Updated Grade Reports	Dialogue 8: Cracking India Workshop Reader’s Reports on Term Project Drafts & Working Bibliographies
Fri. 6/5	Finish Oral Presentations on Term Projects	Oral Presentation Prep, incl. Response forms (with enough copies for Eng 390 class)

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Finals Week
Final Exam Meeting: Mon., June 8, 1-3 p.m., Des 1 Meet to Discuss Term Project Website Publication	In-Class Dialogue #9: Final Course Reflections & Self-Evaluation Written Responses to Wk #10 Oral Presentations Distribute Updated Grade Reports
DUE Wed., 6/ 10, before 4 p.m	Term Projects – including electronic versions (of all or portions) for website posting/publication

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