Tentative Spring 2019 Course Schedule

1. Monday, Jan. 14
 Introduction to the Course
2. Wednesday, Jan. 16 “Is There a World Literature?”
 http://mason.gmu.edu/~ayadav/Goethe%20on%20World%20Literature.pdf
 https://blogs.commons.georgetown.edu/engl-218-fall2010/files/Goethes-World-Literature-
Paradigm-and-Contempor.pdf
3. Friday, Jan. 18 “Is There a World Literature?”
 https://nplusonemag.com/issue-17/the-intellectual-situation/world-lite/
Monday, Jan. 21 – MLK Holiday - No Class

4. Wednesday, Jan. 23 Unit 1: Colonialism and Inequality

 Hill Boone, “Writing and Recording Knowledge” (in Dropbox)
5. Friday, Jan. 25
 Tedlock, “Introduction” (on reserve)
 http://www.mesoweb.com/publications/Christenson/PopolVuh.pdf (skim the introduction, read
pages 50-7)
6. Monday, Jan. 28
 Continue Popol wuj: http://www.mesoweb.com/publications/Christenson/PopolVuh.pdf
7. Wednesday, Jan. 30
 Finish Popol wuj: http://www.mesoweb.com/publications/Christenson/PopolVuh.pdf
8. Friday, Feb. 1
 Omar Ibn Said:
http://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/pds/maai/community/text3/religionomaribnsaid.pdf
 http://docsouth.unc.edu/nc/omarsaid/summary.html
9. Monday, Feb. 4
 Mignolo, “Writing and Recording Knowledge in Colonial and Postcolonial Situations” (in
Dropbox)
 Day for Reflection: Introduce Final Project
10. Wednesday, Feb. 6
 Equiano, 448-77
 Assign Equiano/Said reflection
11. Friday, Feb. 8: Departmental Workshop
 Equiano, 477-93
 Work on reflection with your partner
12. Monday, Feb. 11: Professor at FICE
 Work on reflection with your partner
13. Wednesday, Feb. 13
 Conrad, Text in Context, 1154-9
 Conrad, Heart of Darkness, 1159-82
 Reflection Essay on Said and Equiano Due
14. Friday, Feb. 15
 Conrad, Heart of Darkness, 1182-1201
 Kipling, “The White Man’s Burden,” 1228-9Assign Images Essay #1
15. Monday, Feb. 18
 Conrad, Heart of Darkness, 1201-19
 Achebe, “An Image of Africa”
16. Wednesday, Feb. 20
 Achebe, Text in Context, 1597-1603
 Achebe, Things Fall Apart, 1604-36
17. Friday, Feb. 22: Professor at a Conference
 Discuss Images in Class
18. Monday, Feb. 25
 Achebe, Things Fall Apart, 1636-66
19. Wednesday, Feb. 27
 Achebe, Things Fall Apart, 1666-93
20. Friday, Mar. 1
 Achebe, Things Fall Apart, all
 Reflection Essay on Conrad and Achebe
21. Monday, Mar. 4
 Draft Images Essay #1 Workshop
22. Wednesday, Mar. 6
 Midterm
23. Friday, Mar. 8
 Reflection
March 11 – March 15 – Spring Break – No Classes

24. Monday, Mar. 18 Unit 2: Postcolonialism and Decolonization

 Fanon, from Wretched of the Earth (in Dropbox)
 Assign Essay #2
25. Wednesday, Mar. 20
 Whittier, from “Toussaint L’Ouverture,” 726-7 (in Dropbox)
 Neruda, “XXX: Toussaint L’Ouverture,” 116-7 (in Dropbox)
26. Friday, Mar. 22 (Last day for “W”)
 “Colonization and Decolonization in India,” 1225-7
 Rao, 1241-2
 Nehru, 1243-6
27. Monday, Mar. 25
 Essay #2 Workshop
28. Wednesday, Mar. 27: Professor in Oaxaca, México
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29. Friday, Mar. 29: Professor in Oaxaca, México
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30. Monday, Apr. 1
 McLoud (in Dropbox)
 Essay #2 Due
31. Wednesday, Apr. 3 Unit 3: Non-West in the US (?!)
 Anzaldúa (in Dropbox)
32. Friday, Apr. 5
 Foster, 1-26
 Aldama, “New Tongues Tied”
33. Monday, Apr. 8
 Foster, 27-62
 Aldama, “Dangerous Truths…”
 34. Wednesday, Apr. 10
 Foster, 63-92
 Aldama, “New Mythos”
35. Friday, Apr. 12
 Foster, 93-122
 Aldama, “Betwixt and Between”
36. Monday, Apr. 15
 Foster, 123-164
 Aldama, “Bending Time, Space, and Forms”
Wednesday, Apr. 17 – Friday, April 19: No Classes

37. Monday, Apr. 22

 Foster, 165-203
 Aldama, “Bodies that Matter”
38. Wednesday, Apr. 24 :
 Aldama, “Pop Culture is Nosotros”
39. Friday, Apr. 26
 Final Reflections
 Reflection Essay on Anzaldúa, Foster, Aldama
40. Monday, Apr. 29
 Present Final Projects
41. Wednesday, May 1
 Present Final Projects
42. Friday, May 3
 Present Final Projects
Final Exam: Wednesday May 8 @ 8:30

Important Dates:

Residence Halls Open Friday, Jan 11, 2019

First Day of Classes
Census Date
Martin Luther King Holiday
Fifth Week Grades Due
Advising Day – No Classes
First 8 Weeks Ends
Spring Break – No Classes
Last Day to drop with a “W”
Last Day of Classes
Final Exams
Commencement (graduate)
Commencement (undergraduate)
All Grades Due by 10:00 am
Monday, Jan. 14, 2019
Monday, Jan. 28, 2019
Monday, Jan. 21, 2019
Monday, Feb. 18, 2019
Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2019
Friday, March 8, 2019
Monday – Friday, March 11-15, 2019
Friday, March 22, 2019
Friday, May 3, 2019
Saturday, May 4 – Friday, May 10, 2019
Friday, May 10, 2019

Saturday, May 11, 2019

Monday, May 13, 2019