Week 1 (9/14) Class orientation (and group division). Week 2 (9/21) Introduction (and group division) / “Trauma Theories”/ "Telling Time: Literature, Temporality and Trauma"/ Trauma and Narrative Knowledge Week 3 (9/28) The Unclaimed Experience--excerpt Week 4 (10/5) The Unclaimed Experience ; Alice Munro's "Vandals"& Oral ReportWeek 5 (10/12) "Pale Horse, Pale Rider" & Oral Report
Week 6 (10/19) The Shawl & Oral ReportWeek 7 (10/26) The Shawl--continuedWeek 8 (11/2) The Final Solution & Oral ReportWeek 9 (11/9) The Final Solution
Week 10 (11/16) The Pale View of the Hills & Oral ReportWeek 11 (11/23) The Pale View of the Hills--continued
Week 12 (11/30) Home & Oral ReportWeek 13 (12/7) Home / Beloved--continued
Week 14 (12/14) Beloved & Oral ReportWeek 15 (12/21) Beloved--continued
Week 16 (12/28) Term paper due! (Submit your paper in class.)
Week 17 (1/4) Designated after-course assignment
Week 18 (1/11) Designated after-course assignment (Submit the assignment in Moodle)
Designated after-course assignment 20% (The topic will be announced on Week 16).
Term paper 30% (5 pages with bibliography)
Oral presentation 20% (with ppt.)
Written report 20% (about two pages with a specific focus)
Attendance and Discussion 10%
*Caruth, Cathy. The Unclaimed Experience. Chapter One.
*Chabon, Michael. The Final Solution.
*Ishiguro, Kazuo. The Pale View of the Hills.
*LaCapra, Dominick. "Trauma, Absence, Loss. "
*Luckhurst, Roger. The Trauma Question.
*Morrison, Toni. Beloved. ---. Home
*O'Brian Wendy. "Telling Time: Literature, Temporality and Trauma."
*Ozick, Cynthia. The Shawl.
*Porter, Katherine Anne. "Pale Horse, Pale Rider."