LIT 212.03: Studies in Literature II, Spring 2018
Özlem Öğüt Yazıcıoğlu, E-mail:
WFF 878, TB 240 M 2230 M 2230
Office hours: WF 66 or by appointment (TB 475; Extension: 6625)
Course Objectives:
This course is designed to introduce the reading, appreciation, and analysis of short and long fiction by some of the major authors in the world, and it also aims to enhance competence in oral and written English. The works under discussion interrogate established notions of truth and subjectivity, as well as of race, gender, class, and species hierarchies, and invite us to rethink these concepts from an ethical perspective.
Course requirements:
You must attend classes. Not to attend will automatically lower your class participation grade. You must come to class having read the particular material assigned for each particular day of class, as indicated on the schedule of readings. You must be ready to discuss the material you have read with your peers and your instructor. Otherwise, you won’t enjoy class, nor learn from the course, and, needless to say, you will lose points.
You should take notes while you read and while you are in class so that you can study them as part of your preparation for your exams.
You must attend all exams (midterm, final and quizzes) in order to successfully complete the course.
Assessment:
Attendance and Participation % 20
Quizzes % 20
Midterm exam % 25
Final exam % 35
Schedule of Readings:
Feb 7 (W) Introduction
Feb 9 (F) James Joyce, “Eveline”
Feb 14 (W) Franz Kafka, “A Report To An Academy”
Feb 16 (F) Albert Camus, “The Guest”
Feb 21 (W) Ursula K. Le Guin, “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas”
Feb 23 (F) Film: “La Zona” directed by Rodrigo Plá (2007)
Feb 28 (W) Discussion on “La Zona” with reference to the short stories above
Mar 2 (F) Philip K. Dick, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
Mar 7 (W) Philip K. Dick, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
Mar 9 (F) Philip K. Dick, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
Mar 14 (W) Philip K. Dick, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
Mar 16 (F) Philip K. Dick, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
Mar 21 (W) Philip K. Dick, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
Mar 23 (F) Midterm Exam
Mar 28 (W) Margaret Atwood, Oryx and Crake
Mar 30 (F) Margaret Atwood, Oryx and Crake
Apr 4 (W) Margaret Atwood, Oryx and Crake
Apr 6 (F) Margaret Atwood, Oryx and Crake
Apr 11 (W) Margaret Atwood, Oryx and Crake
Apr 13 (F) Margaret Atwood, Oryx and Crake
Apr 25 (W) Margaret Atwood, Oryx and Crake
Apr 27 (F) Margaret Atwood, Oryx and Crake
May 2 (W) Margaret Atwood, Oryx and Crake
May 4 (F) Margaret Atwood, Oryx and Crake
May 9 (W) Margaret Atwood, Oryx and Crake
May 11 (F) Review
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