Syllabus

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