Work for Tuesday’s class – Tang Poetry
Hi everyone, For next Tuesday’s class we’ll be reading and annotating some poems by Wang Wei, Li Bo, and Du Fu, the master poets of the Tang Dynasty. This poetry is generally considered the high point of China’s three-millennial old…
Essay grades and a friendly reminder
Hi everyone, I hope you’re enjoying your Spring Break and finding at least a little time to enjoy the nice weather. I’ve graded your essays and will send you yours back with comments today (I used the comment function in…
Peer Review
Hi everyone, Thank you for uploading your drafts. I noticed that not everyone has given feedback on their peers’ drafts yet. Could you please do so asap so everyone has enough time to incorporate the suggestions? Thank you and see…
Schedule for peer review
Hi everyone: I’ve tried to create groups based on what you’re working on for the second close reading essay. If your name is not on the list, you probably haven’t sent me your proposal yet (or something went wrong). If…
Said’s article and reminder to post on Sakuntala
Hi everyone, I’ve uploaded the article I showed in class, Edward Said’s “Orientalism Revisited,” to the Readings page. It’s not an easy read, and requires some knowledge of the debates surrounding Said’s publication of Orientalism, but there’s still some valuable…
Work for Tuesday’s Class
Hi everyone, Thank you for your posts on different translations of Thousand and One Nights–as you’ve seen no story is the same, and it matters quite a bit if a translator uses words like genie vs. demon, alters the plot,…
Reminder to buy Sakuntala
Hi everyone, Just a reminder to buy Kalidasa’s Sakuntala asap: we’ll be reading parts of the play for Tuesday’s class. See the link to the Amazon page under Schedule. Also, I’m already seeing some great posts on different translations of…
Work for Tuesday’s class
Hi everyone, Thank you for posting on the themes from “Situating Thousand and One Nights.” Please read each other’s posts so you have a good understanding of the context of this collection of stories. Tuesday we’re going to focus on the…
Work for Thursday – Thousand and One Nights
For Thursday’s class, I would like you to do two things: Please read “The Story of King Shahrayar and Shahrazad.” PDF under Readings. Sign up for one of the topics below (with hypothes.is–two students per topic) and write a 2-paragraph…
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