Spring 2019 - WL 101W D100
Writing in World Literature (3)
Class Number: 5752
Delivery Method: In Person
Overview
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Course Times + Location:
Jan 3 – Apr 8, 2019: Mon, 2:30–4:20 p.m.
Burnaby
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Instructor:
Melek Ortabasi
mso1@sfu.ca
1 778 782-8660
Description
CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:
Explores literary texts from diverse linguistic and cultural origins while introducing students to the fundamentals of comparative literary analysis and critical writing. May examine cross-cultural interactions, or compare texts thematically. Writing/Breadth-Humanities.
COURSE DETAILS:
COURSE-LEVEL EDUCATIONAL GOALS:
- Close read a literary text through the lens of critical analysis
- Formulate an argument based on a literary text
- Produce an organized comparative literary essay
- Understand how narrative can be used to explore concepts of human society
Grading
- Essay 1 15%
- Essay 2 20%
- Essay 3 25%
- Peer Grade 5%
- Grammar Quizzes 5%
- 1-page response papers (4) 20%
- Participation 10%
Materials
REQUIRED READING:
Huxley, Aldous. Brave New World. Vintage Canada, 2007.
ISBN: 978-0307356543
Nakazawa, Keiji. Trans. Project Gen. Barefoot Gen, Vol. 1: A Cartoon Story of Hiroshima. Last Gasp, 2004.
ISBN: 978-0867196023
Spiegelman, Art. Maus: A Survivor’s Tale (Maus I). Pantheon, 1986.
ISBN: 978-0394747231
Tawada, Yôko. Trans. Margaret Mitsutani. The Emissary. New Directions, 2018.
ISBN: 978-0811227629
Zamyatin, Yevgeny. Trans. Natasha Randall. We. Modern Library, 2006.
ISBN: 978-0812974621
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