Calendar

SES # TOPICS KEY DATES
I. Major Terminologies and Frameworks
1 Introduction to course goals, organization, and syllabus  
2 Orientalism Response paper 1 due
3 The politics of representation Response paper 2 due
II. Figures and Stereotypes
4 Madame Butterfly and improvisations 1 (gender subversions, place, and race)  
5 Madame Butterfly and improvisations 2 (race, power, and place) Essay 1 due
6 Bad girls  
7 The book The Comfort Women Response paper 3 due
8 The book The Comfort Women (cont.) Research paper abstract due
III. Other Representations
9 Dragon ladies and maids  
10 Female forms of power Response paper 4 due
11 The book Romance on a Global Stage  
12 The book Romance on a Global Stage (cont.) Essay 2 due
13 Student presentations on research projects  
14 Student presentations on research projects (cont.) Research paper due