Note: this is a preliminary schedule and may change
Week 1- Introduction to the Course.
The Fascination of narrative: fables, parables, tales and stories.
Week 2- Elements of Fiction: Character.
E.P. Jones, The First Day
Week 3 – Hanif Kureishi, Intimacy . 1st Response due.
Week 4 – Elements of Fiction: Plot.
Daniele del Giudice, All Because of the Mistake .
Week 5 – Kazuo Ishiguro, A Family Supper .
Week 6 – Elements of Fiction: Setting. 2nd Response due.
Ama Ata Aidoo, A Gift from Somewhere (1)
Week 7 – Joyce Carol Oates, Mark of Satan . First Home Paper due.
Week 8 – Elements of Fiction: Style, Tone.
Amos Oz, Where the Jackals Howl .
Week 9 – Ken Saro Wiwa, Africa Kills her Sun . 3rd Response due.
Week 10 – Elements of Fiction: Imagery and Symbol. Select a topic for Research Paper.
Can Xue, The Child Who Raised Poisonous Snakes .
Week 11 – Haruki Murakami, The Elephant Vanishes . 4th Response due.
Week 12 – Salman Rushdie, The Free Radio .
Submit a Preliminary Annotated Bibliography for Research Paper.
Week 13 – Sandra Cisneros, Never Marry a Mexican . Second Home Paper due.
Week 14 – Angela Carter, The Courtship of Mr Lyon .
Week 15 – Final Research paper due.