Spring 2019 - WL 104W D100
Modern World Literatures (3)
Class Number: 8420
Delivery Method: In Person
Overview
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Course Times + Location:
Jan 3 – Apr 8, 2019: Fri, 2:30–5:20 p.m.
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Exam Times + Location:
Apr 10, 2019
Wed, 12:00–3:00 p.m.
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Instructor:
Kenneth Seigneurie
Description
CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:
Introduces ways of comparing modern world literatures across time and space. May explore topics such as revolution, technology, or existentialism. Writing/Breadth-Humanities.
COURSE DETAILS:
Modern World Literatures: Change, Newness and ephemerality
Modernity is an ongoing world-wide revolution and modernism is both its cultural ally and antagonist. This introductory course on modernism will zoom in on three hotbeds of literary and artistic modernism: late 19th century Paris, early 20th century London, mid-20th century Cairo/Alexandria, and the course will conclude with modernism today. Writers and poets studied will include: Baudelaire and Rimbaud in Paris; Yeats, Eliot and Woolf in London; Cavafy and Mahfouz in Alexandria/Cairo. The work of will represent the legacy of modernism today. The course aims to kindle an appreciation for modern literature by developing the techniques of “close reading” and writing in a context of world literature. Theoretical texts will be few in number and commensurate with the norms of 100-level courses.
COURSE-LEVEL EDUCATIONAL GOALS:
By the end of this course, students should be able to:
- Read a literary text through the lens of critical analysis
- Formulate an argument based on a literary text
- Produce an organized comparative literary essay
- Gain an understanding of the formal characteristics of modern poetry
- Understand how literary techniques vary among language cultures
Grading
- Essay 1 (5 pages) 15%
- Essay 2 (8 pages) + rewrite 15% + 15%
- Oral Report on Essay 2 10%
- Midterm Exam 15%
- Final Exam 20%
- Participation / Group work 10%
NOTES:
COURSE POLICY: The SFU Code of Academic Integrity and Good Conduct (policy S 10.01) will be enforced. More than one unexcused absence from class will adversely affect the final grade. Three or more unexcused absences will yield an F for the course.
Materials
REQUIRED READING:
A selection of poetry, criticism and theory provided by the instructor
Baudelaire, Charles. The Flowers of Evil. Trans. James McGowan. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
ISBN: 978-0199535583
Al-Daif, Rashid. Who's Afraid of Meryl Streep? Trans. Paula Haydar and Nadine Sinno. Austin, TX: Center for Middle Eastern Studies, University of Texas.
ISBN: 978-0292763074
Eliot, T.S. Collected Poems, 1909 To 1962. London: Faber.
ISBN: 978-0571105489
Mahfouz, Naguib. Miramar. Trans. Fatma Moussa Mahmoud. NY: Anchor.
ISBN: 978-0385264785
Woolf, Virginia. Mrs Dalloway. London: Harcourt.
ISBN: 978-0156628709
Registrar Notes:
SFU’s Academic Integrity web site http://www.sfu.ca/students/academicintegrity.html is filled with information on what is meant by academic dishonesty, where you can find resources to help with your studies and the consequences of cheating. Check out the site for more information and videos that help explain the issues in plain English.
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