| Instructor: Philip Holden, Associate Professor, English Language and Literature,
NUS |
UNIT 1: A GRAMMAR OF NARRATIVE
Week 1 (1-6 January). Introducing Narrative.
Meeting One: New Years' Day: Holiday
Meeting Two: Introduction. Introductory Issues
Week 2 (8-13 January). What is Narrative?
Meeting One:Story and Discourse. Readings and Preparatory Questions
Meeting Two: Structure. Readings and Preparatory Questions
Week 3 (16-20 January). Existents
Meeting One: Character. Readings and Preparatory Questions
Meeting Two: Setting, Terms for Filmic Narrative. Readings and Preparatory Questions
Week 4 (22-27 January). Perspectives
Meeting One: Narration. Readings and Preparatory Questions
Meeting Two: Chinese New Year: no class meeting.
Week 5 (30 January -3 February). Perspectives, Time
Meeting One: Focus. Readings and Preparatory Questions
Meeting Two: Time. Readings and Preparatory Questions
UNIT 2: NARRATIVES AND THEIR READERS
Week 6 (5-10 February). Ideology
Meeting One: Peer Review session and Evaluation
 First Draft of Assignment 1 Due
Meeting Two: Ideology's Determinations. Readings and Preparatory Questions
Week 7 (12-17 February). Escaping from Ideology
Meeting One: Ideology's Absences Readings and Preparatory Questions
Final Draft of Assignment 1 Due
Meeting Two: Alienation Readings and Preparatory Questions
Week 8 (19-24 February). Recess.
Week 9 (26 February-3 March). Texts and Readers
Meeting One: Defamiliarization. Readings and Preparatory Questions
Meeting Two: Genre. Readings and Preparatory Questions
Week 10 (5-10 March). Resisting Readers
Meeting One: Metahistory. Readings and Preparatory Questions
Meeting Two: Metafiction. Readings and Preparatory Questions
UNIT 3: MODELLING THE RESEARCH PROJECT
Week 11 (12-17 March). Modelling the Research Project (1)
Meeting One: Research Workshop. Instructions for Preparing for the Workshop
Research Proposal for Assignment 2 Due
Meeting Two: Red Sorghum, Genre. Readings and Preparatory Questions
Week 12 (19-24 March). Modelling the Research Project (2)
Meeting One: Red Sorghum, Ideology and Subversion . Readings and Preparatory Questions
Meeting Two: Red Sorghum as Filmic Narrative
Week 13 (26-31 March). Modelling the Research Project (3)
Meeting One: Studying Filmic Narratives. Readings and Preparatory Questions
Meeting Two: Red Sorghum's audiences. Readings and Preparatory Questions
Week 14 (2-7 April). Conclusion
Meeting One: Concluding Discussion
Meeting Two: In Class Essay
Assignment 2 Due
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