Schedule for ASIAN 206

Modern Literature of South Asia

Spring 2009

 

 

MONDAY

WEDNESDAY

FRIDAY

WEEK 1

Mar. 30

First day of class

Introduction to Course

Apr. 1

Close Reading: Interpreter of Maladies

Apr. 3

Interpreter (ctd)

Close Reading 1 due

WEEK 2

Apr. 6

The Namesake

Apr. 8

The Namesake (ctd)

Apr. 10

The Namesake (ctd)

 

WEEK 3

Apr. 13

The Namesake (ctd)

Close Reading 2 due

Apr. 15

The Namesake (ctd)

 

Apr. 17

The Namesake (ctd)

WEEK 4

Apr. 20

The Crooked Line

 

Apr. 22

The Crooked Line (ctd)

 

Apr. 24

The Crooked Line (ctd)

(Garden & Cosmos exhibit closes Apr 26)

1st Essay due

WEEK 5

Apr. 27

The Crooked Line (ctd)

 

Apr. 29

The Crooked Line (ctd)

Garden& Cosmos Response Paper due

May 1

The Crooked Line (ctd)

 

 

WEEK 6

May 4

Partition Stories

 

May 6

Partition Stories

May 8

Partition Stories

WEEK 7

May 11

Moth Smoke

2nd Essay due

 

May 13

Moth Smoke (ctd)

May 15

Moth Smoke (ctd)

WEEK 8

May 18

Moth Smoke (ctd)

 

May 20

Moth Smoke (ctd)

May 22

Moth Smoke (ctd)

WEEK 9

May 25

NO CLASS-

Memorial Day

May 27

Malgudi Days

 

May 29

Malgudi Days (ctd) /Intro to Bhakti

3rd Essay due

WEEK 10

Jun. 1

Bhakti Poetry

 

Jun. 3

Urdu Poetry: Ghazal

Final Thesis & Outline due

Jun. 5

Last day of class

Mushairah & Concluding Discussion

Finals Week

Final Essay due Wednesday, Jun. 10 by 5 PM