Course Presentations: Below you will find the date and text for your class presentation. Be aware that there are more readings here than listed. This is ONLY the presentation information. Check the Reading Schedule tab to see all readings.
9/3 The Discourse on Method René Descartes :Johnny
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman Mary Wollstonecraft:Pedro
9/17 Bewitched Ueda Akinari (text on Blog) Ashley
9/19 Life of a Sensuous Woman Ihara Saikaku (Volume D- 585) Rafael
9/26
10/3
Ode on Intimations of Immortality William Wordsworth Alice
Conversation Between Me and the Women Anna Bunina Gabriella
10/10 MIDTERM EXAM
10/17 The Sufferings of Young Werther Goethe Ethan
10/31 A Simple Heart Gustave Flaubert
Bartleby, the Scrivener Herman Melville Loriana
Edith Wharton (Roman Fever or Muse’s Tragedy; Selections TBA) Sutoy
11/5: The Tattooer Tanizaki Jun’Ichirō David
11/7: In Praise of Shadows (excerpts on the class blog) Tanizaki Jun’Ichirō Yasmine and Misheel
Samurai Champloo– Netflix
(Intro to Manifestos)
11/12: Manifestos!
Dada Manifesto 1918 Tristan Tzara Jackie
Manifesto of Surrealism André Breton Julian
The Foundation and Manifesto of Futurism F.T. Marinetti Harrison
SCUM Manifesto, Valerie Solanas Jon
Black Panther Manifesto: Vincent E
Cyborg Manifesto- Donna Haraway
11/14 : Chike’s School Days, Chinua Achebe G’Nelle
The Daydreams of a Drunk Woman, Clarice Lispector Johnnason
11/19: Notes of a Native Son, James Baldwin Maurice
(+Between the World and Me) Vincent Liu
1Week Thirteen: Contemporary Fiction + “ World Literature” and ‘Cli-Fi/ Sci-fi’
Folding Beijing: Cecilia
Calvino- Petrol :Evelyn
