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DESCRIPTION OF THE COURSE
YEAR V
TERM IX
TOPICS:
1. Globalization, Science and Technology – 12.11.12 – 17.01.13 HOME READING
12.11.12 – 18.11.12 - PLEASURE READING: a book of 200-300 pages.
19.11.12 – 25.11.12 – Bennett Arnold Claribel (p.9);
26.11.12 – 02.12.12 – Boyle Coraghessan Greasy Lake (p.37); R. Bradbury From Stonehenge to Tranquility Base (p.47)
03.12.12 – 09.12.12 –Cheever John The Angel on the Bridge (p.63)
10.12.12 – 16.12.12 – R. Dahl Mrs Bixby and the Colonel’s Coat (p.73), Man From the South (p.88)
17.12.12 – 23.12.12 – W.Faulkner The Dance (p.125); Doctorow E.L. Wakefield (p.99)
24.12.12 – 30.12.12 – E.Hemingway Cat in the Rain (p.145), The Snows of Kilimanjaro (p. 150); A Very Short Story (p.149)
Forester Edward The Other Side of the Hedge (p. 138); King Martin Luther I Have a Dream (p. 170)
31.12.12 – 06.01.13 – Forester Edward The Other Side of the Hedge (p. 138); King Martin Luther I Have a Dream (p. 170)
07.01.13 – 13.01.13 – INDIVIDUAL READING: Notes from a A Severed Head by Iris Murdoch
14.01.13 – 20.01.13 – PLEASURE READING: a book of 300 pages a term.
Problems for Discussion
Home Reading:
1. Love in its various forms – filial, fraternal, erotic, and parental – is the most important relationship in our lives. It absorbs our interest and affects our lives. In his story Claribel Arnold Bennett describes a trivial love relationship between the painter and Claribel which eventually ends in marriage. What is the general slant of the story? How does it facilitate to convey the author’s attitude to love and the institution of marriage? Interpret the message of the story in detail. 2. Greasy Lake by T. C. Boyle is an initiation story about three boys in search of “something they have yet to find”. Like most teenagers, these boys are rebellious and involve themselves in socially deviated behavior. What do you think is the source of teenage violence? What will be the consequence of their actions? Do
YEAR V
TERM IX
TOPICS:
1. Globalization, Science and Technology – 12.11.12 – 17.01.13 HOME READING
12.11.12 – 18.11.12 - PLEASURE READING: a book of 200-300 pages.
19.11.12 – 25.11.12 – Bennett Arnold Claribel (p.9);
26.11.12 – 02.12.12 – Boyle Coraghessan Greasy Lake (p.37); R. Bradbury From Stonehenge to Tranquility Base (p.47)
03.12.12 – 09.12.12 –Cheever John The Angel on the Bridge (p.63)
10.12.12 – 16.12.12 – R. Dahl Mrs Bixby and the Colonel’s Coat (p.73), Man From the South (p.88)
17.12.12 – 23.12.12 – W.Faulkner The Dance (p.125); Doctorow E.L. Wakefield (p.99)
24.12.12 – 30.12.12 – E.Hemingway Cat in the Rain (p.145), The Snows of Kilimanjaro (p. 150); A Very Short Story (p.149)
Forester Edward The Other Side of the Hedge (p. 138); King Martin Luther I Have a Dream (p. 170)
31.12.12 – 06.01.13 – Forester Edward The Other Side of the Hedge (p. 138); King Martin Luther I Have a Dream (p. 170)
07.01.13 – 13.01.13 – INDIVIDUAL READING: Notes from a A Severed Head by Iris Murdoch
14.01.13 – 20.01.13 – PLEASURE READING: a book of 300 pages a term.
Problems for Discussion
Home Reading:
1. Love in its various forms – filial, fraternal, erotic, and parental – is the most important relationship in our lives. It absorbs our interest and affects our lives. In his story Claribel Arnold Bennett describes a trivial love relationship between the painter and Claribel which eventually ends in marriage. What is the general slant of the story? How does it facilitate to convey the author’s attitude to love and the institution of marriage? Interpret the message of the story in detail. 2. Greasy Lake by T. C. Boyle is an initiation story about three boys in search of “something they have yet to find”. Like most teenagers, these boys are rebellious and involve themselves in socially deviated behavior. What do you think is the source of teenage violence? What will be the consequence of their actions? Do