America and Assimilation
5/54 M Introduction to class, discussion of syllabus, plagiarism and What it means to be American? Read Brave We Are and Two Kinds (Handout)
5/5 T Brave We Are and Two Kinds, The Namesake (Film)
5/6 W ASSIGN FIRST ESSAY, The Namesake (Film), Read “A Good Man Is Hard to Find”
5/7 R NO CLASS...WE WILL NOT MEET...Read “A Good Man Is Hard to Find”
Faith and Religion
5/11 M “A Good Man Is Hard to Find”, Read “A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings”
5/12 T “A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings”
5/13 W Film: The Life of Pi
5/14 R Film: The Life of Pi, Read “The Lottery” (Handout)
Tradition, Persecution and “Groupthink”
5/18 M “The Lottery” (849)Read “The Sisterhood of Night” (Handout)
5/19 T “The Sisterhood of Night”
5/20 W Film: The Village
5/21 R Film The Village, FIRST ESSAY DUE (968) and The Temp (Handout)
Perception and Reality
5/25 M NO CLASS
5/26 T NO CLASS, Read “The Allegory of the Cave”
5/27 W Film: Truman Show
5/28 R Film: Truman Show, Read “The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World”
The Magical Stranger and Culture
6/1 M “The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World”, Read “The Temp”
6/2 T “The Temp”
6/3 W Film: Edward Scissorhands
6/4 R SECOND ESSAY DUE, Read “Nawabdin”
Character
6/8 M Nawabdin, Read “The Man From the South”
6/9 T “The Man From the South”
6/10 W Film: Captain Phillips
6/11 R Film: Captain Phillips, ASSIGN FINAL PAPER
Work on Paper Week
6/15 M In Office 10am-1pm
6/16 T Work on Paper
6/17 W Work on Paper
6/18 R LAST DAY OF CLASS
