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Classics
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Exile & Return in Classical
& Caribbean Epic |
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John Van Sickle [e-mail: jvsickle@brooklyn.cuny.edu (click here)] |
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| Office;
2404 Boylan Hall : Monday, Thursday 2:30-3:00, or by appointment
(718-951-5078 or better, e-mail) |
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books assigned, see end of syllabus. |
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J/27/Th |
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Brainstorm: stories we know of
exile & return. |
Places of memory & meaning:
homeland & nostalgia |
TERMS: narrative, plot, story,
motif, theme, metaphor, memory, tradition, genre, [epic/bucolic {pastoral}] |
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J/31/M |
Book One |
read (Book) One. (Chapter)
I.(Scenes) i-ii |
Questions with which to open
texts:
Who? Where? When? What? Why? What does this make me remember from my
previous…? |
Make diary with your answer to
these questions for each Scene of each Chapter of each Book. |
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F/03/Th |
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Stage #2:
Laying Plots / Plotting Lays. |
I.iii-II.i (pp.8-11)
II.ii (pp.11-14)
II.iii (pp.14-15)
III.i (pp. 15-17)
III.ii-iii (pp.17-20)
IV.i-ii (pp.20-22)
IV.iii (pp.23-24)
V.i-iii (pp.24-32) |
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F/07/M |
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Stage #3: Helen |
VI.i-iii
(pp. 33-36)
VII (pp.37-42)
VIII (pp.43-47) |
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F/10/Th |
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Retrospect & Reweave |
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F/14/M |
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Stage
#4: Storm Stirs |
IX (pp.47-54)
X-XI (pp.54-67) |
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F/17/Th |
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Stage
#5: Father's Ghost Tells Poet Do's & Don'ts for Poem. |
XII-XIII (pp. 67-76) |
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| 5 |
F/24/Th |
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Read in class drafts of first
essay |
5-7 paragraphs, compare with
other works or trace developments in this one |
For writing hints see
http:F25//academic.brooklyn. cuny.edu/classics/jvsickle/writ.htm |
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F/28/M |
Book Two |
Stage #6:
Herstory (Epic Recall) |
XIV.i-ii,iii (pp.77-83)
XV.i-iii (pp.84-86) |
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M/03/Th |
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Stage #7: The Plunketts'
Crafts |
XVI.i-iii (pp.87-90)
XVII.i-iii (pp.91-94) |
1st essay
due |
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M/07/M |
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wrapping up the Plunketts |
XVIII.i-iii (pp.95-99)
XIX.i-iii (pp. 99-104) |
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M/10/Th |
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Stage
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For "Helen's" Heart |
XX.i-iii(pp. 104-109)
XXI.i-iii (pp. 109-115
XXII.i-iii (pp.116-120)
XXIII.i-iii (pp. 120-125)
XXIV.i-iii (pp.125-131) |
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M/14/M |
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Read in class drafts for second
essay |
5-7 paragraphs, compare with
other works or trace developments in this one |
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M/17/Th |
Book Three |
Stage #9: Dreaming African
roots |
XXV.i-iii (pp.133-39)
XXVI.i-iii (pp.139-43) ) |
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M/21/M |
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continuing African roots |
XXVII.i-iii
(pp.144-48)
XXVIII.i-iii (pp.148-152 |
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M/30/W |
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Stage #10: Mother Blesses
Poet: identity confirmed |
XXIX.i-iii (pp.
152-56)
XXX.i-iii (pp.156-160)
XXXII.i-iii (pp.165-68) |
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M/31/Th |
Book Four |
Stage #11:
Castaway in Chilly North |
XXXIII.i-iii (pp.169-174)
XXXIV.i-ii, iii pp.174-77)
XXXV.i-iii(pp.177-182)
XXXVI.i-ii, iii pp.182-88) |
2nd essay due |
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A/04/M |
Book Five |
Stage #12:
Travel/Travail in Old World |
XXXVII.i-iii(pp.189-193)
XXXVIII.i-ii, iii (pp.193-97)
XXXIX.i-iii (pp.198-201)
XL.i-ii, iii (pp.201-205) |
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A/07/Th |
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Stage #13:
Indian Summer to Wintry Death |
XLI.i-iii (pp.206-10)
XLII.i-ii, iii (pp.210-13)
XLIII.i-ii, iii (pp.213-19) |
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A/11/M |
Book Six |
Stage #14:
"Green January": Poet's Return & Hector's last ride |
XLIV.i (pp.221-22) + ii-iii
(pp.223-24)
XLV.i-iii (pp.224-31)
XLVI.i-ii/iii (pp.232-35) |
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A/14/Th |
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Stage #15:
Philo's Cure by Ma Kilman |
XLVII.i-iii (pp.235-39)
XLVIII.i, ii-iii (pp.239-46)
XLIX.i-ii, iii (pp.246-50) |
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A/18/M |
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Stage #16: Healing of Major
& Maud's Malady |
L.i-ii,iii (pp. 251-54)
LI.i-iii (pp. 255-60)
LII.i-ii,iii (pp. 260-63 )
LIII.i-iii (pp. 264-67) |
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A/21/Th |
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Read in class drafts of third
essay |
5-7 paragraphs, compare with
other works or trace developments in this one |
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M/02/M |
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Stage #17: Poet Ties &
Unties Thematic Threads |
LIV.i-iii (pp. 268-72)
LV.i-iii (pp. 272-77) |
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M/05/Th |
Book Seven |
Stage #18: Looking Back &
Taking Stock (Hallucination in Retrospect) |
LVI.i-iii (pp. 279-84)
LVII.i-iii (pp.285-88)
LVIII.i-iii (pp.289-94) |
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M/09/M |
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Stage #19: Reminding, Relating
& Unwinding |
LIX.i-iii (pp.294-99)
LX.i-iii (pp.299-303)
LXI.i-iii (pp.303-09) |
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M/12/Th |
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Stage #20: Looking & Taking
Back (Souvenirs & Farewells) |
LXII.i-iii (pp. 310-15) +
LXIII.i-iii (pp. 316-20) + LXIV.i-ii (pp. 320-23) + LXIV.iii (pp. 324-25) |
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M/16/M |
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Wrap-up & Review |
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third essay due |
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BOOK to Buy [at Shakespeare & Company, Hillel
Place] |
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Omeros by Derek Walcott (paperback) |
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Works referred to:
Homer, Iliad & Odyssey,
Virgil, Aeneid; Dante,
Divine Comedy;
Shakespeare,
Hamlet, Bible;
Ulysses by James Joyce. |
Excellent introduction to
Walcott: Nobody's Nation. Reading Derek Walcott Paul Breslin (Chicago 2001) |
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ATTENDANCE:
Regular attendance, careful & detailed preparation, active participation
are the keys to success in this course. .
If you must be absent for reasons that override your academic goals, inform
me in advance (e.g., by e-mail). |
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GRADES: 40
percent class participation; 60 percent written responses. |
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