GVWeeks+9+&+10

Assignment Sheet Weeks 9 & 10- End of 3rd quarter
 * Global Voices **
 * Monday 3/2 **
 * Review last week – key ideas
 * HW ** - Read **//The White Tiger//** pp. 223-247
 * Tuesday 3/3 **
 * Discuss Reading
 * Assign pastiche- (see reverse)
 * HW ** - Read **//The White Tiger//** pp. 247- end of novel
 * Wednesday 3/4 **
 * Discuss Reading
 * HW ** - Write up two pastiche ideas in journal format. Note what key concept your pastiche will explore, what it will preserve from the texts, what it will alter, and to what effect?
 * Thursday 3/5 **
 * Discuss pastiche ideas
 * Start Adiga’s story “The Elephant” from **//The New Yorker//**.
 * http://www.newyorker.com/fiction/features/2009/01/26/090126fi_fiction_adiga
 * HW- ** Complete a draft of your pastiche
 * Monday 3/9 **
 * In class editing
 * HW- ** Complete final draft of pastiche
 * Tuesday 3/10 **
 * Watch video on favela/bidonville life.
 * HW- ** Finish “The Elephant” & Read critiques of **//Slumdog Millionaire’s//** “poverty porn”
 * Wednesday 3/11 **
 * Discuss ethics/esthetics of representing poverty on page & screen
 * HW- ** Write a journal entry with your conclusions about povery porn using examples from Adiga’s novel and/or short story.
 * Thursday 3/12 **
 * **// The Swallows of Kabul //** wiki presentation.
 * HW- Safely enjoy your spring break!!! **