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WOC190 Fall 2022 Session 2

Class Notes and Homework Assignments

Day 6

Wed. Nov. 9

  • Discuss “The Mwiko”; share new endings

  • Share micro-poem titles

  • Lesson: symbolism

Homework

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Essay 2: Essay on an Object
Essay 2: Essay on an Object

due Monday Apr. 10

Write a brief essay, either memoir or journalism, about an object related to your home or home culture, however you choose to define it.

➤ Object essay due next class

Your object essay is due next class! Please upload it as a .doc or .docx file to the SharePoint folder.

➤ READ CLASSMATES’ POEM TITLES

Read your classmates’ poem titles in our SharePoint folder. Come to next class ready to share one that you particularly like and explain what that title adds to the poem. Please also come ready to share a title that you think adds an element of tension to the poem, and explain why you think that. (These two might be the same poem; that’s fine.)

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盛可以，《怀乡书》
盛可以，《怀乡书》

A book of illustrated miniature essays, each about an object or practice related to life in a rural village.

➤ Read 《怀乡书》excerpts

Read (or look at) the excerpts from Sheng Keyi’s 《怀乡书》(“The Book of Homesickness”).

Be ready to share one observation about these passages, paying particular attention to these questions: How are the four passages similar? What patterns do you notice about them?

If you can’t read Chinese (or if your reading ability is limited) you still have an important role to play here. What do you observe about the four passages without being able to read the text? What similarities and patterns do you notice?

Austin Woerner