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Friday, September 26, 2014

Analytical Paper: Recommended Novels - Intro to International Studies Fall 2014


Tugrul Keskin – Introduction to International Studies
Fall 2014 – Monday and Wednesday 2:00 – 3:50 PM
International Studies - http://www.pdx.edu/intl/home

Analytical Paper: In this requirement, you will select a book written by a famous international novelist, and will review (summarize and critique) the novel based on our textbooks. This paper should be at least 1500 words in length. You will find a list of recommended novelists on http://internationalstudiesandsociology.blogspot or D2L. You must provide a word count at the end of your paper. The paper is due on Saturday November 30th. Some recommended well-known novelists include John Steinbeck, Orhan Pamuk, Leo Tolstoy, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Milan Kundera, Naguib Mahfouz, Azar Nafisi, Chinua Achebe, Arundhati Roy, and etc. You will find detailed information and recommended novels on http://internationalstudiesandsociology.blogspot. Everyone will select a different novel. No one will read the same novel. Your selection must be approved and registered by a teaching assistant, Rosie David rosa@pdx.edu; therefore you must contact her directly regarding your selection. The deadline for selecting/registering your novel with teaching assistant, Rosie Davis is Sunday, October 27. The deadline for submitting your review is Sunday November 30. Late submissions will not be accepted.

If you choose a novel different than ones shown in the list below, I will need to approve your selection. 

For this paper, you will use our sample format, which is posted on D2L. Please follow the same structure.   

Please check the list below, select a book from this list, and then send Rosie David (Graduate Teaching Assistant) an e-mail rosa@pdx.edu specifying on which book you would like to write your review.

Teaching Assistant: Rosie David
Email: rosa@pdx.edu
Office: East Hall 330
Office Hours: Wednesday 4-6 PM or by appointment

 
Recommended Novels


Arabs-Turks-Iranians-Jewish
1.     The Shahnameh: The Persian Book of Kings by Abolqasem Ferdowsi
2.     Men in the Sun and Other Palestinian Stories by Ghassan Kanafani
3.     Black Box by Amos Oz
4.     The Cheapest Nights by Yusuf Idris
5.     The Committee by Sun' Allah Ibrahim
6.     The Story of Layla & Majnun by Nizami
7.     The Blind Owl by Sadegh Hedayat
8.     The Yacoubian Building: A Novel by Alaa Al Aswany
9.     Snow by Orhan Pamuk
10.  A Tale of Love and Darkness
11.  My name is Red by Orhan Pamuk
12.  Rhyming Life and Death
13.  Istanbul by Orhan Pamuk
My Michael
16.  The Story of Zahra: A Novel by Hanan al-Shaykh
19.  Palace Walk by Naguib Mahfouz
20.  Arabian Nights and Days by Naguib Mahfouz
21.  The Book Saladin by Tariq Ali
22.  Utopia by Ahmed Khaled Towfik
23.  Cities of Salt
24.  A Sultan in Palermo by Tariq Ali
The Trench
27.  Children of the Alley by Naguib Mahfouz
29.  The Man who lost his shadow Fathy Ghanem and Desmond Stewart
30.  Karnak Café by Naguib Mahfouz
31.  Dreams by Naguib Mahfouz
32.  Cairo Modern by Naguib Mahfouz
35.  Maryam's Maze by Mansoura Ez-Eldin
37.  Diary of a Country Prosecutor by Tawfik al-Hakim
39.  Wedding Night by Yusuf Abu Rayya
40.  Girls of Riyadh by Rajaa Alsanea
42.  A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
44.  The Sirens of Baghdad by Yasmina Khadra
45.  The Attack by Yasmina Khadra
46.  In the Name of God by Yasmina Khadra
48.  A Grave in Gaza by Matt Beynon Rees
49.  Arabesques: A Novel by Anton Shammas
50.  Fantasia: An Algerian Cavalcade by Assia Djebar
51.  Dancing Arabs by Sayed Kashua
China
2.     Red Sorghum: A Novel of China by Mo Yan
3.     Love in a Fallen City  by Eileen Chang
4.     Bound Feet & Western Dress: A Memoir by Pang-Mei Chang
5.     The Rice Sprout Song by Eileen Chang
9.     The Rouge of the North by Eileen Chang
11.  Shanghai Girls: A Novel by Lisa See
12.  Beijing Coma: A Novel by Ma Jian
13.  Family by Pa Chin
14.  Dreams of Joy: A Novel by Lisa See
15.  Peach Blossom Pavilion by Mingmei Yip
18.  Fortress Besieged by Zhongshu Qian
20.  Becoming Madame Mao by Anchee Min
24.  Iron and Silk by Mark Salzman
25.  Empress Orchid by Anchee Min
27.  China in Ten Words by Yu Hua
29.  The Last Empress: A Novel by Anchee Min
30.  To Live: A Novel by Yu Hua
31.  Son of the Revolution by Liang Heng
34.  The Concubine's Children by Denise Chong

Latin and Central America
1.     Labyrinths: Selected Stories and Other Writings by Jorge Luis Borges
2.     Deep Rivers by José María Arguedas
4.     Daughter of Fortune: A Novel (P.S.) by Isabel Allende
5.     One Hundred Years of Solitude (P.S.) by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
7.     Island Beneath the Sea: A Novel (P.S.) by Isabel Allende
Collected Stories
9.     Chronicle of a Death Foretold by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Pedro Paramo by Juan Rulfo
Memories of My Melancholy Whores
Love in the Time of Cholera (Oprah'...
The War of the End of the World by Mario Vargas Llosa
The Autumn of the Patriarch (P.S.)
The House of the Spirits
By Night in Chile
Guerrillas
In a Free State: A Novel
A House for Mr. Biswas
22.  Body Snatcher by Juan Carlos Onetti
Eva Luna
25.  Death's Dark Abyss by Massimo Carlotto
27.  The Death of Artemio Cruz: A Novel by Carlos Fuentes
The Goodbye Kiss by Massimo Carlotto
Aphrodite: A Memoir of the Senses
Zorro: A Novel (P.S.)
The Slum (Library of Latin America)
33.  Paradiso by José Lezama Lima
34.  I, the Supreme by Augusto Antonio Roa Bastos
35.  The President by Miguel Angel Asturias

1.     Things Fall Apart: A Novel by Chinua Achebe
2.     The God of Small Things: A Novel by Arundhati Roy
3.     A Man of the People by Chinua Achebe
4.     Facing Mount Kenya by Jomo Kenyatta
5.     No Sweetness Here and Other Stories by Ama Ata Aidoo
6.     A Grain of Wheat (African Writers Series) by Ngugi wa Thiong'o
7.     Tsotsi: A Novel by Athol Fugard
9.     Joys of Motherhood by Buchi Emecheta
10.  Purple Hibiscus: A Novel by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
11.  The River Between by Ngugi wa Thiong'o
12.  Efuru (African Writers) by Flora Nwapa
13.  Petals of Blood by Ngugi wa Thiong'o
14.  Nervous Conditions by Tsitsi Dangarembga
15.  God's Bits of Wood by Sembene Ousmane
16.  July's People by Nadine Gordimer
17.  Mother to Mother (Bluestreak) by Sindiwe Magona
18.  Arrow of God by Chinua Achebe
19.  Girls at War by Chinua Achebe
21.  Xala by Ousmane Sembene
26.  Changes: A Love Story by Ama Ata Aidoo
28.  African Short Stories by Chinua Achebe
30.  The Famished Road by Ben Okri
32.  Chaka (African Writers) by Thomas Mofolo
33.  Houseboy (African Writers) by Ferdinand Oyono
34.  The Concubine by Elechi Amadi
35.  Yoruba Trickster Tales by Oyekan Owomoyela
36.  No Longer at Ease by Chinua Achebe
38.  Unbowed: A Memoir (Vintage) by Wangari Maathai
39.  Scarlet Song by Mariama Ba
40.  Nehanda by Yvonne Vera
41.  Dilemma of a Ghost and Anowa by Ama Ata Aidoo
42.  Oroonoko (Penguin Classics) by Aphra Behn
43.  Second Class Citizen by Buchi Emecheta
The Worlds of a Maasai Warrior: An … by Tepilit Ole Saitoti
Ake: The Years of Childhood by Wole Soyinka
Sozaboy by Ken Saro-Wiwa
48.  The Poor Christ of Bomba by Mongo Beti
50.  Weep Not, Child (African Writers) by Ngugi wa Thiong'o
52.  Comes the Voyager at Last: A Tale of Return to Africa by Kofi Awoonor
53.  This Earth, My Brother by Kofi Awoonor  This Earth, My Brother by Kofi Awoonor

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