E 603B, Composition and World Literature 2010

TABLE OF CONTENTS

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1-3                   Table of Contents

4-6                   Course Description

7                      Formal Writing Due Dates

8-9                   Class Participation -- revised

10                    Class Discussion – revised

11-13               Leading Class Discussion -- revised

14                    Discussion Board options for 2^nd semester

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15-16               Martel intro

17-18               Martel, “How I Wrote The Life of Pi”

19                    The Mystery: spoken by a child

20                    The Mystery in the Middle Ages: entering into joy

21                    The Mystery in the twentieth century

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            The other fear of animals:

22-23               Dillard, introduction*

24-26               Dillard, “Fecundity”*

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                        overviews

27-31               Ecology and World Religions

32-43               Animal Humanities overview, from Ecocriticism

44-47               Vegetarianism overview, from Heretic’s Feast

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Compassion and Spirituality in the West

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48                    The Odyssey, from  bk. 11

[49-113           numbers not used]

114-117B        The Jewish Bible: Genesis 1-3, 9:1-3

118-120           The Jewish Bible: Isaiah, selections, KJV

121                   Virgil, introduction

122-125            Virgil, Eclogue IV

126-132           The Christian Bible: Gospel of Luke

132                   The Christian Bible: Gospel of John

132-133           The Christian Bible: Paul

134                  The Christian Bible: John, first letter

135-137           “The Last Supper a Triumph of Vegetarianism?”

138-139           Blake intro

140-146            Blake:  selected Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience

147                  Blake:”Auguries of Innocence” to line 42

149                  Harrigan, intro.

150-155           Harrigan, “The Tiger is God”

156                  Hopkins, introduction

157-165           Hopkins, selected poems 

166-170D        Pre-1800 Overview

171-193           Ritvo, “A Measure of Compassion” (SPCA)

194-213            Ritvo on Hunting and Imperialism

214                   Robinson Jeffers intro

215                  Jeffers, “Hurt Hawk”;

216                  Jeffers, “Vulture”-

217-223           Jerome Bump, “Hopkins and India”

224                  Thomas Hardy, intro.

225-228           Jude the Obscure selections

229                  I. B. Singer intro

230-234           Singer, “the Slaughterer”

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Compassion and Spirituality in the East

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235-239            “Ahimsa,” Gandhi’s tradition

240                   Gandhi biography

241-243   “      Hinduism and the Surabhi Cow”

244-245           “Jainism and Ecology”

247-251            Teachings of Mahavira

252-254           Neo-Confucian Manifesto

255                     Herman Hesse intro

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Diversity in America

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323                  Diversity at U.T.

324                  King biography

325-327           King, “I Have a Dream”

328                   Morrison intro

329-344           Jerome Bump, “Racism and Appearance in The Bluest Eye: a Template for Emotive Criticism”

[344-347 numbers not used]

348-358           Jerome Bump, “Family Systems Therapy and Narrative in Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye”

359-393           Black Elk Speaks

394-395           “Asian Exclusion Act”

396                    Kingston intro

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Asian-American and Hispanic-American Student Essays

837-843           Ramirez, “Unknown Want”

844-852           Andrade, “On Being Canela”

852-859A        Melendez, “Living Between the Lines”

860-868           Luckett, “Multihued”

869-879           Lee, “No Such Thing”

 

880-888           Ng “Farewell My Tung-Tew”

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PRACTICAL ETHICS IN ACTION:

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889                  The Starfish Story

o   Examples From P.E.T.A

890-892           Peta Practical Guide to Animal Rights

893-895           Creating a Group: Story of P.E.T.A

896-897           Overview: Ten Actions

o   Actions on Specific Issues

898-899           Respecting Animals

900-908           Not Eating Animals

909-913           Protect Entertainment Animals

914-915           Protest Hunting and Fishing

916-925           Protect Companion Animals

926-930           Protect Laboratory Animals

931-936           Not Wearing Animals

937-938           Stop School Vivisection

939-943           Protect Wildlife