Are You suprised ? - Augsburg College
Are You suprised ? - Augsburg College
Are You suprised ? - Augsburg College
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The course fulfills the General Education Perspective in Intercultural Awareness<br />
requirement. This requirement proposes that we look at the world (via the medium of<br />
fiction) from points of view other than mainstream western perspectives. Thus, although<br />
post-colonial fiction ordinarily refers to any and all works written about the postcolonial<br />
situation, this course foregrounds works that are written by non-western post-colonial<br />
authors.<br />
The course also fulfills the General Education Skills Requirement in Writing. We will thus<br />
do a substantial amount of writing and peer reviewing in the course in order to meet this<br />
requirement.<br />
Course Texts<br />
Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe<br />
So Long a Letter by Mariama Ba<br />
Nervous Conditions by Tsitsi Dangarembga<br />
Houseboy by Ferdinand Oyono<br />
Abeng by Michelle Cliff<br />
A Small Place by Jamaica Kincaid<br />
Funny Boy by Shyam Selvadurai<br />
Cracking India Bapsi Sidhwa<br />
Films (to be determined), handouts, reserve materials<br />
Grading<br />
<strong>You</strong>r grade will be a cumulative average of your scores on all the course assignments below:<br />
Discussion of course materials: this is a crucial element of how the course will be<br />
conducted. I fully expect that you will do all the assigned reading, come to class and<br />
participate actively in the discussions. <strong>You</strong> will get a low grade if you do not do all<br />
the assigned reading and therefore do not get to participate fully in discussions or<br />
you are absent from class and thereby miss the opportunity to share your views with<br />
the class. <strong>You</strong> will receive a failing grade if you are absent from class three times.<br />
<strong>You</strong> will each prepare and present a response to every text that we read in the<br />
course. This will entail offering your original reading of it in response to discussion<br />
points raised by instructor and class mates. Individuals will be assigned discussion<br />
leading responsibilities on specific aspects of the texts.<br />
Unannounced quizzes (TBD). We will have no provision for make-up quizzes but<br />
will allow you to drop the lowest grade<br />
A Midterm<br />
One short paper offering an analysis of A Small Place<br />
Two 6-8 page essays on any aspect of the material we study in class.<br />
Comprehensive Final Exam<br />
Two presentations based the first and third essays written for the course<br />
A conclusive, personal reflection dubbed “3 moments and postcolonial fiction.”<br />
Attendance
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