America
and Assimilation
5/5
M Introduction to class, discussion of syllabus, plagiarism and What it means
to be American? Read Brave We Are and Two Kinds (Handout)
5/6
T Brave We Are and Two Kinds,
5/7
W The Namesake (Film)
5/8
R The Namesake (Film), ASSIGN FIRST
ESSAY, Read “A Good Man Is Hard to Find”
Faith
and Religion
5/12
M “A Good Man Is Hard to Find”, Read “A
Very Old Man With Enormous Wings”
5/13
T “A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings”
5/14
W Film: The Life of Pi
5/15
R Film: The Life of Pi, Read “The
Lottery” (Handout)
Tradition,
Persecution and “Groupthink”
5/19
M “The Lottery” (849)Read “The Sisterhood of Night” (Handout)
5/20
T “The Sisterhood of Night”
5/21
W Film: The Village
5/22
R Film The Village, FIRST ESSAY DUE
(968) and The Temp (Handout)
Perception
and Reality
5/26
M NO CLASS
5/27
T NO CLASS, Read “The Allegory of the
Cave”
5/28
W Film: Truman Show
5/29
R Film: Truman Show, Read “The
Handsomest Drowned Man in the World”
The
Magical Stranger and Culture
6/2
M “The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World”, Read “The Temp”
6/3
T “The Temp”
6/4
W Film: Edward Scissorhands
6/5
R SECOND ESSAY DUE, Read “Nawabdin”
Character
6/9
M Nawabdin, Read “Heaven Is Not Closed”
6/10
T “Heaven Is Not Closed”
6/11
W Film: Captain Phillips
6/12
R Film: Captain Phillips, ASSIGN
FINAL PAPER
Work
on Paper Week
6/16
M In Office 11am-1pm
6/17
T Work on Paper
6/18
W Work on Paper
6/19
R LAST DAY OF CLASS
