Quote:Poetry - Please read each of the following poems:

• The following poems by Mahmoud Darwish:
  
  • 'Diary of a Palestinian Wound'
    
  • 'Light rain in a distant autumn'
    
  • 'I see what I want'
    
  • 'Identity Card'
    
• The following poems by Shaimaa al-Sabbagh:
  • 'A Letter to My Purse'
    
  • 'I am the Girl Banned from Christian Religion Classes'
    
• Mengistu Lemma - 'Longing'
  
• Leopold Senghor - 'Night in Sine '
  
• Ingrid Jonker - 'The Child is Not Dead'
  
• Ki no Tsurayuki - 'The Japanese Preface'
  
• Ghalib - 'It Was Essential'
  
• David Diop - 'Africa '
  

Short Stories - Please read each of the following short stories:

• Chinua Achebe - 'Chike's School Days'
  
• The following short stories by Saadat Hasan Manto:
  
  • 'Bu'
    
  • 'Toba Tek Singh'
    
• Ama Ata Aidoo - 'Two Sisters'
  
• Lu Xun - 'A Madman's Diary'
  
• Yukio Mishima - 'Patriotism'
  
• Pandita Ramabai - 'The High Caste Hindu Woman'
  

Novels - Please select two of the following novels to read:

• Randa Jararr - A Map of Home
  
• Khaled Hosseini - The Kite Runner
  
• Chinua Achebe - Things Fall Apart
  
• Sahar Khalifeh - Wild Thorns
  

Graphic Novels - Please read the following:

• Marjane Satrapi - Persepolis
  

Non-Fiction - Please read both of the works below:

• Edward Said - 'Orientalism'
  
• Chandra Talpade Mohanty - 'Under the Western Eyes: Feminist Scholarship & Colonial Discourses'
  

1. Select a piece of literature written by a non-Western author and one that was written by a Western author that contains at least one non-Western character from the same country as the first literary work. Summarize and analyze the characterization techniques used in each piece. Discuss how each of the authors describes non-Western characters. Describe the challenges of accurately depicting characters of another culture.
   
   
2. Analyze and compare 'Chike's School Days' and Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe. Discuss the effects of westernization on the characters and provide specific examples from each text that exemplify the author's tone about colonialization. Examine the impact of Western influences on the culture and traditions of Nigeria. Evaluate efforts to preserve Nigerian cultural heritage.
   

1. Compare 'Two Sisters' by Ama Ata Aidoo to The High Caste Hindu Woman by Pandita Ramabai. For each literary work, summarize the text and provide an analysis of the characterization of male and female roles. Critique the evaluation of assigned gender roles in each literary work through Western feminism as compared to a postcolonial feminist view.
   
   
2. Select two pieces of literature from different non-Western authors. Summarize each work and identify specific examples of the male gaze influence on each work. Describe the impact the male gaze has on literature and culture. Explain the challenges authors face when creating realistic depictions of characters from other genders, races, and cultures.
   

1. Select two pieces of literature from the same region from the mandatory reading list. Summarize and analyze how each literary work is influenced by religion. Identify allusions to religious works and ways in which the author incorporates religious symbols. Reflect on the effect religion has on the tone and mood of the story.
   
   
2. Compare how Shaimaa Al-Sabbagh's 'I am the Girl Banned from Christian Religious Classes' and Khaled Hosseini's The Kite Runner incorporate religion to characterize the philosophies of the cultures. Analyze and determine the impact of religion on the characters and their decisions. Cite quotes and text evidence to support conclusions about the impact of religion on culture.
   

(07-06-2020, 07:36 AM)rachel83az Wrote: Sorry, I haven't taken the course. I simply have a SDC subscription so I can see the required readings. It does look interesting, though, and I am tempted. I just wish that CLEPs were online so I could potentially get an English degree. I would guess that the works brought up in the sample exam are referenced in the videos at some point, but I'm not sure on that count.

(12-29-2023, 12:02 PM)Oulton1 Wrote: Hi. I know this is an old post but I'm hoping someone will still be able to help. I've started this course (Eng 301) with study.com and can not find links to the required readings.  Maybe I'm not looking in the right place or maybe we are responsible for purchasing the books/ poems, etc. ourselves. Would someone that has already taken this course confirm that we are expected to purchase the books or study.com has included the books within the course. If included- where can I find them? Thank you.