introduction
Week 1
lectures
Week 2
- Knut Hamsun’s Growth of the Soil - Making An Outsider the Ultimate Insider
- Discussion: Artemisia Gentileschi (1593–1656) Week 3
- The House of Bernarda Alba
- Federico García Lorca (1898–1936)
- Discussion: Pearl Buck, Anime Wong Week 4
- William Faulkner (1897 –1982)
- As I Lay Dying
- The Sound and the Fury
- Philosophy of time Week 5
- Nelly Sachs (1891 – 1970) Week 6
- Elias Canetti (1905 – 1994)
- 2023-11-02 discussion on Elias Canetti, Kate Chopin Week 7
- The Hive
- Camilo José Cela (1916 – 2002) Week 8
- Derek Walcott (1930 – 2017)
- 2023-11-16 lecture on Derek Walcott, The Blessed Wound
- 2023-11-16 discussion on Derek Walcott’s Omeros Week 9
- Toni Morrison (1931 – 2019)
- Recitatif Week 10
- Prize Stock
- Oe Kenzaburo (1935 – 2023)
- 2023-11-28 lecture on Oe Kenzaburo and Prize Stock
- 2023-11-30 discussion on Recitatif and Prize Stock Week 11
- Wisława Szymborska (1923 – 2012)
- 2023-12-05 lecture on Wislawa Szymborska
- 2023-12-07 discussion on Wisława Szymborska
discussion posts
- Knut Hamsun discussions - Patriarchal socialization, separation of art from creator
- Federico García Lorca discussions - Internalized misogyny, systematic barriers
- William Faulkner discussions - philosophy of time, identity, sacrifice in the name of love
- Nelly Sachs discussions - universality of mystic experience, appreciation of poetry