Tugrul Keskin
Introduction to International Studies
Fall 2014 – Monday and Wednesday 2:00 – 3:50 PM
Introduction to International Studies
Fall 2014 – Monday and Wednesday 2:00 – 3:50 PM
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 below 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. 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 (at) 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.
You will follow the same format:
Analytical Paper Format
Introduction to International Studies Fall 2014
Title of the Novel
Author
Reviewed by a name of the student
Contents:
- Summary of the novel (At least 700 words)
- Critique/review of the novel (at least 400 words)
- Connection between your book and our class subject/s, such as food, human rights, ethnic and religious conflict, poverty, inequality, imperialism, colonialism, racism, employment, urbanization, health, neoliberalism etc. You will only select one or two topics to write about it. You will need to make a connection between your novel and our class topic/s. (at least 400 words)
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 (at) pdx.edu specifying on which book you would like to write your
review.
Teaching Assistant: Rosie David
Email: rosa (at) 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
5.
The
Committee by Sun' Allah Ibrahim
9.
Snow
by Orhan Pamuk
11. My name is Red by Orhan
Pamuk
13. Istanbul by Orhan Pamuk
19.
Palace Walk by Naguib Mahfouz
20.
Arabian Nights and Days
by Naguib Mahfouz
21.
The Book Saladin by
Tariq Ali
24.
A Sultan in Palermo by
Tariq Ali
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
China
3.
Love in a Fallen
City by
Eileen Chang
Latin and Central America
Pedro Paramo by Juan Rulfo
The War of the End of the World by Mario Vargas Llosa
The Goodbye Kiss by Massimo Carlotto
34. I, the
Supreme by Augusto Antonio Roa Bastos
The Worlds of a Maasai Warrior:
An … by Tepilit Ole Saitoti
Ake: The Years of Childhood by Wole Soyinka
Sozaboy by Ken Saro-Wiwa
A Walk in the Night and Other
Stories by Alex La Guma
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
No comments:
Post a Comment