Additional Readings:
Week Two
Read: Books One and Two of Confessions of St. Augustine
Also: "The Pleasures of Opium" and "The Pains of Opium".
Week Three
Read: Chapters 2 and 3 of The Interpretation of Dreams.
Week Six - Library Research Methods and READ: Orwell's "Politics and the English Language"
Week Seven - Down and Out in Paris and London AND "How the Poor Die."
Week Eight - Read: How the Other Half Lives Swift's A Modest Proposal
Week Ten - Read: Shipping Out
For students interested in Said's concept of Orientalism, this film interview should be a useful starting point.
Mr. White
Snell
Class
After
Before
Epistemic Privilege
Cultural Drag
Long Lance
John Howard Griffin
Barbara Ehrenreich
For more on Down and Out in Paris and London, this is an excellent discussion.
East?
East?
East?
East?
A very good bar if you happen to be in San Francisco.
The Sheltering Sky
Group Seminar Schedule (to be revised in class)
Group One - Freud and Irma's dream
Lindsay, Nathan, Zach
Group Two - Freud and Dora
Jessica, Lauren, Colin
Group 3 To Kill A Mockingbird
Stephen, Wil and Jarasa
Group Four - Other
Meena, Jason, Laura and Marco
Group Five - Riis
Robert, Wendy, Rachel and Laura
Group Six - Grescoe
Rhett, Adrienne, Alec and JQ
Group Seven - Travel
Stacy, Lisa, Carlie, Christine
