M 10/25 -- AFRICA: "Africa Emergent," Nadine Gordimer (S 35-51)*;
"Civil Peace," Chinua Achebe (S 27-34)*
W 10/27 -- JAPAN: "The Silent Traders," Yuko Tsushima (S 413-24);
"The Tomoshibi," Sawako Ariyoshi (S 329-47)
F 10/29 -- JAPAN: "The Magic Chalk," Kobo Abe (S 315-28)*; "Peaches,"
Abe Akira (C 9-17)*
M 11/1 -- JAPAN: "Swaddling Clothes," Yukio Mishima (C 1011-15);
2-PAGE PAPER DUE
W 11/3 -- INDIA: "A Horse and Two Goats," R. K. Narayan (S 272-90)*
F 11/5 -- INDIA: "The Interview," Ruth Prawer Jhabvala (S 258-71)
M 11/8 -- INDIA: "Pigeons at Daybreak," Anita Desai (S 219-28)*
W 11/10 -- LATIN AMERICA: "The Cost of Living," Carlos Fuentes
(S 450-61)
F 11/12 -- LATIN AMERICA: "Death Constant Beyond Love," Gabriel
Garcia Marquez (S 462-71)*; 2-PAGE PAPER DUE
M 11/15 -- LATIN AMERICA: "Clarisa," Isabel Allende (S 429-42)*;
EASTERN EUROPE: "Gimpel the Fool," Isaac Bashevis Singer (C 1223-34)*
W 11/17 -- EASTERN EUROPE: "The Overcoat," Nikolai Gogol (C
590-611)*
F 11/19 -- no class today
11/22-11/26 THANKSGIVING RECESS
M 11/29 -- CHINA: "Diary of a Madman," Lu Xun (C 922-32)*
W 12/1 -- CHINA: "Sketches from the 'Cattle Shed,'" Ding Ling
(S 141-55)*
F 12/3 -- CHINA: "Kite Streamers," Wang Meng (S 156-80)
M 12/6 -- Conferences, no regular class
W 12/8 -- Conferences, no regular class
F 12/10 -- 6-PAGE PAPER DUE IN CLASS; COURSE EVALUATION
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